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Varnum says it published an estate-planning guide for U.S. permanent residents
Varnum said it published a guide to estate planning for lawful permanent residents who are not U.S. citizens. The firm said the article examines cross-border assets, differences between residency and domicile, federal estate and gift taxes, and transfers between spouses with different citizenship statuses.
Key points
- Varnum said the guide addressed coordination of wills across countries.Varnum
- The firm said it discussed qualified domestic trusts for noncitizen surviving spouses.Varnum
- Varnum said it covered portability, gift splitting and generation-skipping transfer tax exemptions.Varnum
- The firm identified Yvonne George, Nina Thekdi and Rebecca Wrock as contacts.Varnum