Advanced Estate Planning: Cross Border Inheritance Considerations

An advanced course for high net worth individuals, business owners with complex income and family offices whose wealth, heirs or assets now span more than one country. Start with why residency, domicile and citizenship each pull in a different direction under Indian and foreign law, and what the RNOR window actually lets a returning NRI do. Work through how Indian succession law behaves when an estate crosses a border: intestate succession under personal law, will validity and probate recognition abroad, and the specific collision between forced heirship regimes overseas and testamentary freedom under Indian law. Finish with the structuring layer, trusts, power of attorney, nomination and family office governance, and what each vehicle actually achieves once more than one jurisdiction is involved. Country-specific corridors and treaty detail build on this foundation in later chapters.