Walzer Melcher LLP also provides consulting services to other attorneys on conflicts of law, where there is a question whether the law of one state or country applies versus California in international divorces or interstate divorces. These are the most difficult issues in divorce because actions may be pending in several jurisdictions where the couple lived or owns property. It requires coordination between lawyers in different states or countries, sometimes in different languages and across different time zones, with legal systems unlike California. We are familiar with treaties like the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Hague Abduction Convention), the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Hague Service Convention), and the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (the Hague Support and Maintenance Convention).