Question: I am a American citizen and want to leave my house/money in bank/stock and life insurance benefits to a sibling in another country.  Who would I talk to get this process started? A [...]

Question: I am a non-U.S. citizen from Australia. My friend recently left me a significant inheritance from her trust in the United States. Do I need to set up a trust in the United States to [...]

Question: I am a permanent resident of the United States. Currently, I am single and thinking to add a beneficiary who is not a U.S. resident. I have called my bank about the same but we [...]

Question: My wife and I are US citizens and are planning in case we both died at the same time. We have non-US citizen family living abroad that we want to designate as beneficiaries on our [...]

Question: I am a non-US citizen married to a US citizen who recently died. What is the procedure for me to inherit my late husband’s IRA? I am the executor of his will, which leaves his [...]

Question: My wife and I have an estate worth just less than the current federal estate tax limit, so I do not worry about US estate taxes. We have no children and plan to have a family member as [...]

Question: I am a US citizen, living in California. I am planning to return back to the Czech Republic, where my son lives. He is a non US citizen. My assets are my savings account, CDs, my [...]

Question: I would like to leave $10,000 cash to a dear friend in the United Kingdom upon my death. Can this be done? If not, can I send her a cashier’s check in the near future? Response: [...]

Question: I would like to leave my 401k, IRAs, etc. to my family in the Philippines. What is the best and easiest way to do this? Should I show them as beneficiaries or should I just have a [...]

Question: My husband and I are both US non-citizens but both US residents. We both have our names on the deed of our house (valued at about $200,000 or less) and titles to our cars. If one of us [...]