[WSBAPT] administering estate with property in Brazil

[John Creahan]

Doug,
Haven't done this, but I would anticipate that you would have parallel estate administrations -- one in Washington, one in Brazil. 
Before agreeing to serve, I would ask them to work with a Brazilian attorney to help them plan for any Brazilian real property (and probably personal property located in Brazil).
Hope this helps,
John

John Creahan
www.cairn-law.com
206-578-5877
Fremont office:
3417 Evanston Ave. N, Suite 312
Seattle, WA 98103


-----Original Message-----
From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Doug Owens
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 10:47 AM
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBAPT] administering estate with property in Brazil

Dear list mates, I have received a request from a dear personal friend to serve as personal representative of his and his wife’s estates and as trustee of their testamentary trusts.  The problem aside from the usual is that these people own property in and spend much of their time in Brazil.  They also own property in Washington.  I am concerned about the idea of administering an estate that owns property in a foreign country, and particularly Brazil.  Has anyone done anything like this before?  Does anyone have any resources I could check before agreeing to this?  Thanks in advance.  Yours truly, Doug Owens 360 299 3990

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