<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>In Washington state, citizenship and state residency are not a qualification requirement, so long as a resident agent is appointed for service of process if a nonresident. You definitely need to consider practical issues and contingency plans. Travel time, visa requirements, etc. may require a temporary guardian until the foreign national can serve (or be the successor guardian if the foreign national is denied appointment). <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also, consider the country - if the country is one where endangerment to the child is a risk (i.e on the U.S. State Department Travel Warning List), the court may consider it not in the best interest of the child to allow expatriation of the child to that country.<div class=""> <br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 4, 2015, at 10:37 AM, Jacob Menashe <<a href="mailto:jacob@hickmanmenashe.com" class="">jacob@hickmanmenashe.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Great answer. Thank you. Assuming dual-citizenship, what about the non-citizen, non-resident being appointed as guardian here in Washington? To arrange whatever needs to be done to get the children from here to there. Can the non-citizen, non-resident, serve as guardian?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Dan Findley<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, June 04, 2015 9:52 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [WSBAPT] Non-citizen/non-resident guardian<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">An issue will be the citizenship of the children. If the children are U.S. citizens without dual citizenship for the country of the proposed guardian, then it would be very difficult and not practical to provide for this arrangement. If the children are citizens of the other country, then arrangement is possible. However, a meaningful discussion of the practical issues of relocating children to another country should occur (language and cultural fluency, educational system differences, social adjustment/friendships, etc.).<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">________________________________________________________________</span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span class="apple-style-span"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Daniel G. Findley | </span></b></span><span style="" class=""><a href="http://www.mms-seattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Daniel-G.-Findley.vcf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">vCard</a></span><b class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><span class="apple-style-span">Attorney</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><span class="apple-style-span"><b class="">Mills Meyers Swartling P.S.</b></span><br class=""><span class="apple-style-span">1000 Second Avenue, 30th Floor | Seattle, WA 98104</span><br class=""><span class="apple-style-span">Direct: 206.812.7468 | Reception: 206.382.1000</span><br class=""><span class="apple-style-span"><a href="mailto:dhowenstine@millsmeyers.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">dfindley@millsmeyers.com</a> | <a href="http://www.millsmeyers.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.millsmeyers.com</a></span><br class=""><span class="apple-style-span"> </span></span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">This e-mail is intended to be private. It may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not a person for whom the e-mail was intended, please notify me immediately and then permanently delete the e-mail, including any attachments, without copying or forwarding it.</span></span><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">On Jun 4, 2015, at 8:32 AM, Jacob Menashe <<a href="mailto:jacob@hickmanmenashe.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">jacob@hickmanmenashe.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Can a non-citizen, non-resident, serve as a guardian? And what if parents want their children to end up with the non-citizen, non-resident (i.e., out of the country?) Would you appoint a US guardian but say in the will that the wish is the children reside with the non-citizen, non-resident, perhaps under a guardianship in that country. All thoughts and perspectives appreciated!</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Sincerely,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Jacob Menashe</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">_________________________</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Jacob H. 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