Question: My daughter is now working in Amsterdam for a European-based company. She’s wondering if she can continue to contribute to her Roth IRA or her individual IRA. Response: This is outside [...]

Question: I am a U.S. citizen in Indiana and I have family in France. How can I leave them money after I die? Response: For the most part it’s no different from leaving money to someone in [...]

Question: My client is an Indian citizen and has already executed a will in India. While in India, she accumulated stock in the United States. Her Indian will has her dad, mom, and daughter as [...]

Question: I represent a 90-year-old U.S. citizen that lives in Florida and has never been married and has no children. He would like to leave his estate, which consists of cash, stocks, and bonds [...]

Question: At what stage is a trust is treated as a foreign trust? If the trust has a non U.S person trustee, would it be deemed to be a foreign trust. But at what stage does it become a foreign [...]

Question: I am US citizen living in Illinois. I have a revocable living trust, the beneficiaries of which are my two nieces who are non-US citizens from Argentina. The assets that will be going [...]

Question: I have property in Ireland which I would like to have go to relatives in Ireland and the United States. Will my U.S. will and trust be sufficient or do I need to hire a lawyer in [...]

Question: I want to bequest some funds to my family members in Israel after my death. I live in California. Will there be taxes to pay from my estate if I leave money to a foreigner living in [...]

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 want put a house in California into a living trust. One of my daughters lives in the United States but my other two adult children are in India. Can my other children be beneficiaries [...]