Conflict of Laws
When it is unclear which state’s laws should govern a dispute, there is a conflict of laws. Most commonly, in family law, this involves a prenup that the parties signed in another state, and they then moved and now are seeking a divorce where they live. What state law governs–the law where they signed the prenuptial agreement or the law of the state where they are getting divorced? Most prenuptial agreements sidestep this controversy by including a choice-of-law provision.