Recognition · 05
Recognition & foreign orders
A stamped document is not the same as legal effect. Separate authentication, recognition and enforcement.
First job Separate document authentication, recognition and enforcement.
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Key considerations
- What order or document exists, and from which court or authority?
- Do you need proof, recognition, or actual enforcement?
- Where would the order need to have effect?
Decision map
Keep the question bounded.
- Identify the instrumentDecree, judgment, agreement or administrative document.
- Separate three jobsAuthentication, recognition and enforcement are different routes.
- Map the China-side purposeStatus, children, property or procedure.
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Facts that make the next conversation clearer.
These items are orientation aids, not a legal requirement list.
- The foreign order or agreement, in full
- Court or authority that issued it
- Whether you need proof, recognition or enforcement
- Where the order must take effect
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