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Hi Jason
I have complex situation. My brother and his Chinese wife have a property In china. Both have passed away and we do not know the address of the property in china.
Is there anyway of finding out where the property may be located using their names.
My niece would be the beneficiary but lives in United States and is 17 years old. There is also a step son that would have 25% interest in the property.
Any idea how we track down the property? Can property be researched with their names or maybe sister in-laws Chinese name, identification.
We only have the American living Will since they did not create a Will in china.
hi Delia, you may know which city in China they have been living, right? At least, you’d give us a clue or scope of territories to search. Are there any other relatives that may help you to locate the property? Private investigators in China may be able to help. I will send you an email shortly. Let us further discuss the matter.
Hi, I am a youth. If I am under a Continuing Custody Order in Canada, will I still be entitled to my grandmother’s house in China after my mother’s passing in the future? Specifically, the house is meant to go to my mother upon my grandmother’s passing, and then to me when my mother passes away. Will I lose my right to the house if my mother does not have guardianship over me? Thank you.
no, it won’t affect your right to the inheritance if the grandmother’s will has designated you as the beneficiary. however, if your grandmother’s estate goes to your mom first, then your mom may leave it to whoever she likes.
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I am a British expat who used to live in china and married a Russian expat there. I now live in Vietnam and she lives in the UK, we want a divorce.
The marriage was done in Shanghai in 2016 and there was a pre-nuptial agreement signed under Chinese law. Part of this covers a company that I am still chief representative for.
I am keen to petition the divorce from china and the terms have also been agreed so it should be straight forward.
Can you help?
Hi James, sorry for keeping you waiting. Generally if both parties are foreigners, Chinese courts won’t exercise jurisdiction unless both parties agree to submit to Chinese court given the marriage was registered in Shanghai. So is your wife fully cooperative with you on the divorce? If yes, then we can help you to move forward. Write to my email from this on. Thanks.
My wife is a Chinese citizen living in the UK under a PR Visa. She owns a property in Beijing, which she rents out, and the rental income is paid into her current bank account in Beijing. She has recently sold another property, and the proceeds from the sale have been deposited into her current account. She plans to sell the rental property, transfer the proceeds to her UK bank account, and then close her bank account in Beijing before immigrating permanently to the UK. What steps does she need to take to enable her to transfer the funds to her UK Bank Account and close her Beijing bank account? Is this possible?
Hi David, so long as she obtains the PR status, then she can legally move all cash out of China to UK provided she is ok with losing her China household registration (hukou).
Hello, my name is Dennis and I am from the United States. My brother died in 2009 and I recently learned that he had a bank account with a bank in China that has a significant amount of money in it. The Bank has told me that to claim the money I need to present myself to the bank with a government issued identification, proof of address and Letters of Admission I believe it’s called. Is this matter something you can help me with please?
Thank you
Dennis
Hi Dennis, sure this is what we are good at, but hold on a minute, after so many years, who informed you of the existence of this bank account? Is it from someone you don’t know but who claimed to be an account manager of some bank? If yes, then please careful of such scam that has been around for many years. But if it is not a scam, then we are happy to help you out with inheritance of such estates.
My late father and brother together had bought an apartment in Jingan District, Shanghai in 2002. My father passed away in 2015 without a Will in China. Our family members are all Indonesians. Is there a time limit for us (the beneficiaries) to process the inheritance and apply the ownership transfer on the 50% shares of the property? Thank you very much.
Hi Eddy, there is no time limit for going about the inheritance of the estate property, but if no dispute, why not do it earlier? Property market in China is not good for the moment, and it is not clear about the future, so many foriegn buyers are selling. But if you wish to sell it, you will have to get the inheritance done first and transfer the title to the heirs before you can sell it. Let us know if you wish to further inquire about getting the inheritance done.
I’m a foreigner married to a Chinese man, we have a 1 year old baby boy. Can I legally prevent my Chinese in laws to see my baby? (Father in law assaulted me during a trip abroad but I don’t have the physical evidence to prove it). And is there any way for my Chinese husband to deny his father legally?
It is hard to prevent parents in laws from seeing the child if you cannot live apart from them. What do you mean by your husband denying his father legally? Deny his father from seeing the baby boy?
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We are selling a property in Changchun, Jilin. We have question about how to split the received money into two equal amounts then transfer them into two separate bank accounts in USA?
Would your firm provide such service? Or may you have any advice?
Thanks so much for your reply,
JP Huang
Hi JP, first of all, you need to ensure sale proceeds are eligible for repatriation out of China. If yes, then basically each of the two co-owners needs to have a bank account in China, and then split the sale proceeds in China, and then apply to bank or foreign exchange for approval to send their own money out of China respectively. Please send email to me for further discussion.
My father died intestate in Panyu China this May and owned a residential property in his name in Panyu. He was an US citizen with HK ID card living in China. He remarried after my mom’s passing. At the time of his death both of the deceased’s parents had passed. Based on my understanding my step mom and I (as son) would be entitled to inherit the property. I was born in the US and am located overseas. What are the steps in summary I should do to protect my interest? I only know the address of the property in Panyu, China.
Hi Eric, this is a bit complicated to involve two marriages for your late father. There will be many questions we need to ask before we can give any meaningful legal advice on this. For example, we need to know whether the property was bought during the marriage between your father and your bio mom or the step-mom, and where your mom and he lived. I guess your father didn’t leave a valid will for his estates in China. In that case, sure, you will be one of the heirs to inherit the China assets, but as to how much or what share you will be inheriting, we will need to know more than what you have told here. I will write an email to you about this.
Hi, I’m from China, but a U.S. citizen now. Both my parents are living in U.S., too. My parents own an apartment in Beijing (renting out). My mother just passed away a few days ago. Her name is only one on the title. My father is now inherent it as the husband. He does not want to sell the apartment yet. But he is 91 years old. I’m their daughter. How could I inhere the apartment after my father is gone? Should I add my name to the title of the apartment, or should I sign the power of attorney of his while he is living?
Hello there my Mom wants to sell her apartment in Shenzen but is unable to travel there. She is a dual citizen China and US. Can you help act as power of attorney and help set up a bank account for her. Then transfer funds to US?
HI Faye, yes, that is exactly we have been doing for foreign clients over the past decase. We can help to open an account while she is not here in China, and we can act on her behalf with a POA throughout the sale process, and finally repatriate the sale proceeds out of China.
Regarding money repatriation, we will need to know what identity she used in purchasing the property in Shenzhen, her China ID or American passport. This will very much affect how easy or difficult it is to repatriate the sale proceeds.
YOu can send email to my email accounts for further communication on this matter.
Hi Jason.
My father passed away in 2021in Canada , there’s a property in Guangzhou where he’s 1/3 owner of that property which he and his siblings inherited from their parents. I am the son also the administrator to his estate in Canada. In order for the estate to finish in Canada I would need to the appraisal of the China property for Canadian tax reasons. Can that be done?
Also, my father’s death certificate and other legal documents have been translated to Chinese notarized in Canada Chinese embassy and been sent to the China officials.
Hi Paul, we often do estate appraisals for foreign clients esp those from US. Depending on what kind of appraisal you require, it could be just written report from local realtors who would testify on the prices of the property at the time of your father death, or it could be an official report issued from appraising firms. Costs will be different.
Do you need help to with inheriting his 1/3 ownership in the Guangzhou property?
Send me emails for further inquiries please.
Hi Jason
Can you recommend a real estate lawyer for helping us (me and my brother) properly register our inherited property in suiteng village, shunde, guangzhou.
My main issue is that our Chinese names on the property are written in Cantonese but the way it is pronounced or written in Mandarin is different.
Cantonese is Ma Kai Ming – Mandarin is Ma Chi Ming
Should this be an issue?
Your advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
hi Nelson, this is not an issue, we have encountered such issues frequently before. Especially, Clients from Indonesia and other south-east Asia have such issues.
Hi Jason, my parents are from Shanghai and they are US citizen and live in the US now. They will visit Shanghai in Sep or Oct, and they would like some help to prepare a Will and also seek some legal advice. What is the best way to contact you?
Thank you.
Ken
Hi Jason,
My mom passed away in the US in 2019. She has a property in Panyu Guangdong. We are working on transferring her property to my name so I can sell it. I am a US and Hong Kong citizen. She has $50000 yan in China bank account. What do we need to do to transfer the money out from China to Hong Kong or USA after I sell the property?
hi Annie, I will send you an email explaining in more details. Our team has been helping foreign clients with their inheritance of China properties, sale of their inherited property in china, and final repatriation of the sale proceeds out of China. It is a pleasure to help you on this as well.
I have a friend in Shenzhen who wants to transfer assets to US. She has at least 500 million dollars. Can you help?
for that much money, you gonna be careful about where her money comes from.
Dear Kalpesh Shah: due to the long distance beween Shanghai and Guangzhou, I am afraid i cannot help you with your project.
You may want to find a local lawyer in Guangzhou who is more appropriate to help you.
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I am from India. i and my friend import so many products from china
so we are interested to start a Trading company at Guangzhou and want to export products in many country
sir want to know how it is possible and how much investment for registration and regular expenses of government tax.
waiting for your reply
Thank you
kalpesh shah