My question involves judgment recovery in the State of: California
I previously resided in Canada, but as of June 2008, I have permanently resided in the United States. During a visit to Canada in February of 2009, I was involved in an incident, and I am now the defendant in a person injury case stemming from that incident. I am being sued for a sum of money I will never be able to pay, ever. The cost of hiring an attorney for a case like this is huge, which is why I have considered having a default judgement against me.
I was served with the lawsuit in the United States, not in Canada. So far, I have NOT responded with a statement of defence. All I have responded with is a form called "Notice of Intent to Defend". I did so in order to buy myself more time to decide what I was going to do.
I have done a lot of reading and see that a Canadian judgment can be enforced in California, but not in ALL cases. It seems like I may have a jurisdiction defense, but I am not completely sure, which is why I am here.
The following article provided a lot of information:
http://www.lacba.org/Files/LAL/Vol32No2/2582.pdf
Specifically the paragraph starting with "The UFCMJRA specifically addresses the defense of the lack of personal jurisdiction. A court may not refuse recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:"
In regards to the above article..my situation has nothing to do with a business of any sort. This is a personal matter. The incident also has nothing to do with an automobile accident. The reason I mention this is because according to the above article, if it did have to do with a business deal of some sorts or the operation of an automobile, the personal jurisdiction defense would not be applicable.
Thank you in advance for any help anyone is able to provide. If you need more information, I'd be more than glad to provide it. I have already tried contacting a number of attorneys in California and they said they had no experience regarding foreign judgments.

