[WSBAPT] international estate planning - India

[Krista MacLaren]

Be sure to advise them to have the Indian Will.  I have personal experience with the unbelievable obstacles of settling an intestate estate in India.

Krista

Krista J. MacLaren
Attorney at Law
Northgate Executive Center II
9725 3rd Ave NE, Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98115
(206)523-6116
kjm.inc at mac.com

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> On Feb 2, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Sharon Rutberg <email at sharonrutberglaw.com> wrote:
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> Dear Listmates –
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> Married couple clients are citizens of India, but have lived and worked in the U.S. a long time and may soon become US citizens. Many of their assets are here, but they also own some property in India and have family there. I see issues of trustee identity, marital property treatment, forced heirship rules, and others. If you have done estate planning with Indian clients, I would love to ask you a couple of questions.
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> Best wishes,
> Sharon
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