Question: I am a US Citizen, age 87, with an IRA invested a US mutual fund. My wife is a not a US citizen (she’s Thai), is 45 and is the named beneficiary on my IRA. She has a tax [...]

Question: I’m a US citizen living abroad, my wife is a non-US citizen. I have two children living in United States and they are both US citizens. My property and all my assets are in U.S. I [...]

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 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 [...]

The good news, if your spouse or anyone you want to include in your estate plan is not a United States citizen, is that for the most part that won’t affect your estate plan. The probate laws of [...]