Page 165

STAGE THREE: Copy and translate documents After you receive the Apostille from the Secretary of State, you must translate all the forms in your court file into Spanish, including the Request, and Essential Information. You may find most of the family law forms available in Spanish at Translate all the Forms http://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm and on 7 into Spanish http://www.imperial.courts.ca.gov. Copy the information in your English paperwork to the translated forms. You may find an interpreter here www.courts.ca.gov/3796.htm. The translation does not have to be certified.

STAGE FOUR: Send to proper Mexican Court for service Submit the following documents to the Mexican family court in the state where the respondent resides: Original four-page Letters Rogatory 1. Translate all Apostille from Secretary of State originals and blanks Respondent’s conformed case copy into Spanish. & 2. Make 2 copies: 8 MexicanSend DocumentsState Courtto BlankBlank ResponseCertificateformsof Execution forOriginalMexicanand court,1 copy 1 copy for yourself A directory of Mexican family law courts in each state is included in the packet. Names and addresses may change; please verify that the address is current. You may take the forms personally to the Mexican family law court, mail them, or have someone else take them on your behalf. You may make a copy of the forms for your own records. Once the Mexican family law court receives all your paperwork, it Wait for Mexican will assign it to the appropriate judicial staff to serve the Respondent. State Court to Serve Once the service is complete according to the laws of the Mexican 9 Respondent state, the server will complete the Certificate of Execution and return it to the California court requesting the assistance. There are three ways that the Mexican Court may return the Proof of service, and it will depend on how they received it. If the Letters Rogatory was mailed by the party, it will be mailed back to the party. If the party walked the Letters Rogatory directly to the Mexican Court, then the party can pick it up in person. NOTE: Often, the Mexican Court will return all documents associated Mexican with the Letters Rogatory, including the Mexican Court’s own notes State Court Returns and documentation. The documents may be bound into a packet that 10 Certificate of can be 30-80 pages long. Often, the Certificate of Execution will be Execution bound inside the Mexican Court’s file. There can also be a cover letter from the Mexican Court indicating whether the service was successful. After you receive the certificate of execution and cover letter from the Mexican Court, you must translate the forms into English. Bring the translated certificate of execution to the California Court.

Instructions, Mexican Court Page 2 of 7 Directory, and Mexican State Code of Civil Procedures Reference FL-18 INFO (Adopted 01/01/12, Revised 01/01/13, 01/01/18) LETTERS ROGATORY, SERVICE IN MEXICO