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as a general rule, you can not control foreign property with a domestic trust. Assets held on foreign soil need to be controlled by foreign law. For example, surviving spouses have property rights in the US, but not in the Middle East or India. Have your client retain an attorney in the foreign country to manage assets held there.
And, I would generally stay away from being a successor trustee of a client's trust. Name a bank or financial institution as the independent successor trustee. Its cleaner, safer, and you eliminate the appearance of impropriety.
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