{"id":220,"date":"2010-02-17T11:16:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T15:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dev.atiqbd.com\/last-will-foreign-country-usa-residents\/"},"modified":"2010-02-17T11:16:24","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T15:16:24","slug":"last-will-foreign-country-usa-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/last-will-foreign-country-usa-residents","title":{"rendered":"Does a Last Will from Standard Legal Work to Transfer Assets Located Outside the USA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Legal&#8217;s <a title=\"Standard Legal's Last Will and Testament legal forms software\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.standardlegal.com\/product\/last-will-testament-legal-forms-software\/\">Last Will &#038; Testament legal forms software<\/a> is valid and appropriate for those persons who plan to transfer assets to beneficiaries within the United States and\/or have their probate case administered within the United States.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While we believe many other countries would uphold the validity of a Will made and notarized in the United States, if you are seeking to transfer assets located in another country to persons in the USA, you may need to seek the advice of an attorney who is licensed and qualified to practice law in the country where those assets are located.<\/p>\n<p>To review legal documents specifically created for use in several other countries, see the options at <a title=\"Options for Forms Not Offered by Standard Legal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/form-not-offered.html\">Standard Legal&#8217;s &#8220;forms not offered&#8221; page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Legal&#8217;s Last Will &#038; Testament legal forms software is valid and appropriate for those persons who plan to transfer assets to beneficiaries within the United States and\/or have their probate case administered within the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-last-will-and-testament-questions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Does a Last Will from Standard Legal Work to Transfer Assets Located Outside the USA? 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