of the forum state: “If the internal law of the forum state defines the applicable method of serving process as requiring the transmittal of documents abroad, then the Hague Service Convention applies.” Id. at 700, 108 S.Ct. 2104. Here, Plaintiffs contend they properly served the Union under Fla. Stat. § 48.161, entitled “Method of substituted service on nonresident,” which permits service upon the Florida Secretary of State and then requires notice of service and a copy of the process to be sent to the foreign defendant. See Fla. Stat. § 48.161. Because Fla. Stat. § 48.161 re quires “the transmittal of documents abroad,” under Schlunk, the Hague Convention applies to Plaintiffs’ service of the Union. See also Vega Glen v. Club Mediterranee S.A., 359 F.Supp.2d 1352, 1356 (S.D.Fla.2005) (<HOLDING>); McClenon v. Nissan Motor Corp., 726 F.Supp.
holding that service was not perfected on the defendant german corporation because the plaintiff had failed tostrictly comply with the servieeofprocess requirements of the hague convention holding that service of process by international registered mail from germany to the united states satisfied the hague convention and constitutional due process holding because fla stat  48161 required sending of notice and process directly to the defendant under schlunk hague convention applies holding hague convention applies to service of foreign defendant pursuant to fla stat  48181 and 48161 holding that the hague service convention is selfexecuting