By: Garland M. Baker B.
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Expats living in Costa Rica may be interested to know that certain foreign judgments are enforceable in Costa Rica by a process called an exequatur. Going through the process to get an exequatur can mean collecting monies due when they were otherwise lost, or collecting child support from a deadbeat spouse hiding in this country.
The court here can even order judicial liens over assets — called embargos in Costa Rica — to protect assets in this country during litigation in another country.
