Text of Hague Service Convention and Signatories
Includes a list of resources and practical information. Prepared for the LAAC and AOC Family Law Conference on February 2011.

• Selections from Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or commercial Matters

• Convention at http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=text.display&tid=44 
• Signatories at http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.status&cid=17
• Central Authorities at http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.authorities&cid=17

Text of Inter-American Convention and Signatories
Includes resources. Prepared for the LAAC and AOC Family Law Conference on February 2011.

• Selections from the Organization of American States Convention on Letters Rogatory
  • Convention at http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/treaties/b-36.html
  • Signatories at http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/sigs/B-36.html
  • Additional Protocol at http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/treaties/b-46.html
  • Signatories to Additional Protocol at http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/sigs/b-46.html
    

In re Vanessa Q (2010) 187 Cal. App. 4th 128, 114 Cal. Rptr 3d 294 (2010).

Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft vs. Schlunk (1988) 486 U.S. 694

Forms developed by the Family Law Facilitator's offices in Imperial and San Diego counties, and formalized and numbered by San Diego County FLF for request for letters rogatory per the Inter-American Convention:

Imperial County forms

Letter Rogatory, Service In Mexico (Form FL-18Info)

Ex Parte Application for Issuance of Letters Rogatory for Service of Process in Mexico Order Thereon (Form FL-18)

Request for International Judicial Assistance for Service of Process in Mexico (Form FL-18A)

Essential Information for Respondent (Form FL-18B)

Authentication Request and Apostille Order Form (Form FL-18C)

Certificate of Execution (Form FL-18D)

Mexico Directory of Family Law Courts & Code Sections for Letters Rogatory for each Mexican State (Form FL-18E)

San Diego County FLF forms:

FLF-015: Instructions for Service of Process in Mexico Pursuant to the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (For initial family law filings only) (07-2011)

FLF-016: Request for International Judicial Assistance for Service of Process in Mexico (Letters Rogatory) (03-2011)

FLF-017: Essential Information for Respondent (03-2011)

FLF-018: Declaration of Dilingent Search in Support of Request for Posting and/or Publication -- Service of Process in Mexico (Letters Rogatory) (03-2011)

FLF-019: Ex Parte Application for Issuance of Letters Rogatory for Service of Process in Mexico; Order Thereon (03-2011)

FLF-020: Certificate of Execution (03-2011)

FLF-021: Authentication & Apostille Order Form (03-2011)

Other forms and samples:

• Request for International Judicial Assistance for Service of Process Abroad (includes the Essential Information for the Respondent, Authentication, and Certificate of Execution)

• Request for Service Abroad of Judicial or ExtraJudicial Documents (USM-94). Used for service under the Hague Service Convention using the Central Authority process. The form itself is no longer completed by the U.S. Marshals Service, but by the private litigant who wishes to effect service in a foreign country pursuant to the Hague Convention. For more information on completing this form go to http://www.usmarshals.gov/process/hague_service.htm. For the Spanish version of USM-94 use USM-272a (per the US Marshals Service website).

• Request for Service Abroad of Judicial or Extrajudicial Documents Pursuant to the Additional Protocol to the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (USM-272) for service under the Inter-American Convention using the letters rogatory process. Available in Spanish. Available in Portuguese.

International registration and enforcement of California orders

• Template Request for Assistance in Registration and Enforcement of Judgment of Divorce and Child Custody (10-2011)

Translated Judicial Council forms:  Many Judicial Council forms in areas related to family law have been translated to Spanish (one of the prerequesites of the letters rogatory process). To find the relevant Judicial Council form, browse all forms, locate the desired form and look to see if  that form is also listed in Spanish (designated with the letter S). Some forms have been translated to other languages, all identified by the first letter of that language (e.g. "K" for Korean, "C" for Chinese, etc.).

Information re. Service Requirements on Person Outside U.S. (11-2014) Prepared by Rheeah Yoo and staff (Imperial County) in response to Equal Access listserv inquiry regarding the use of Letters Rogatory.

FLF-015: Instructions for Service of Process in Mexico Pursuant to the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (For initial family law filings only) (07-2011). Prepared by the San Diego County Superior Court's Office of the Family Law Facilitator.

Instructions for Letters Rogary re. Service in Mexico (01-2012). Prepared by the Imperial County Superior Court's Office of the Family Law Facilitator. 

Levitt and Quinn Guides. Checklists prepared by the law firm of Levitt and Quinn outlining the general process for international service of process under the Hague Sevice Convention and the Inter-American Convention and Additional Protocol to that Convention. Includes country-specific information.

Directory of Judicial Branches in Mexico (5/2011)
Includes directory of Mexican states, website for judicial branch, and contact informatio.

Directory of Mexican Code Sections State by State (Letters Rogatory) (5/2011)
Every judicial branch, with relevant code of civil procedure code sections re. letters rogatory and web link.

List of Mexican Consulates in California
Includes address, phone and fax numbers and email address for each consulate.

No Sirve: The Invalidity of Service of Process Abroad by Mail or Private Process Server on Parties in Mexico Under the Hague Service Convention, by Charles B. Campbell, Minnesota Journal of International Law, Volume 19, Issue 1.

US Marshals Service web information on service of process.
Includes links to US Marshal's forms for requesting service abroad under both, the Hague Service Convention and the Inter-American Convention.