Attorney's motion to vacate was predicated on the fact that Subway had registered the memorandum opinion as the judgment in the case and, under Kansas law, this was not considered a judgment. Realizing prior counsel in the litigation had made a mistake, Subway then sought leave to register the journal entry from Kansas as a substituted foreign judgment. The Missouri trial court entered a judgment vacating registration of the memorandum opinion from Kansas and quashing all garnishments and writs emanating therefrom. The court, however, granted Subway's motion for leave to register the Kansas journal entry as a judgment. Attorney timely filed his notice of appeal, challenging that part of the Missouri judgment registering the Kansas judgment.
Attorney raises five points on appeal.
We determine whether the trial court erroneously declared or applied the law. The trial court's decision that the Kansas judgment should be registered in Missouri as a foreign judgment, is a legal conclusion and as such is not binding on appeal. We, therefore, review the judgment de novo after independently considering the evidence and reaching our own conclusions. State courts must accord full faith and credit to the valid judgments of other states. Judgments from a court of competent jurisdiction of a sister state are presumed valid.