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Which countries' inheritance laws apply?
German law applies
As your mother was a German national, German law applies to all her property worldwide.
US state law applies
As your mother was a permanent resident of a US state, its law applies.
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Which countries' inheritance laws apply?
It is complicated. The US (state) law and the German law both have rules on conflict of laws. I can only deal with the German part:
The deciding law is the Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 for the ...
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Legally speaking, is Elizabeth II Australian?
The Queen doesn't need legal rights, she is the law!
As per Dale M's answer, Her Majesty doesn't meet the requirements to be a citizen of Australia under the Citizenship Act, nor has she ever been ...
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Multi nationality couple, which nationality the baby would have?
The short answer, is "it's complicated". I can think of situations where any of the above options you listed might be true. (Another possible option is "The baby has no nationality at birth", and ...
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Legally speaking, is Elizabeth II Australian?
Queen Elizabeth II is not a citizen of Australia, she is the Sovereign of it. The preamble of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act also refers to enactment by the Queen, and thus Her Majesty ...
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How common are laws targeting holders of specific citizenships to disadvantage them?
Many countries have such restrictions on land ownership.
Vietnam does not allow foreigners to own land, likewise Laos,
Cambodia (part of their constitution), and Myanmar. Thailand has
numerous ...
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Legally speaking, is Elizabeth II Australian?
Queen Elizabeth II was born in London to British parents who were not permanent residents of Australia. She does not meet any criteria under the Citizenship Act for being or applying for Australian ...
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Multi nationality couple, which nationality the baby would have?
It depends on the law of each country involved. Each country X can decide its own laws, and if the baby is a citizen of country X (or something else than a citizen; for example a country could give ...
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Which countries' inheritance laws apply?
It would have been super beneficial if your mom had had a will in the shape of a Berliner Testament, which puts the spouse as the only inheritor and disowns everyone who could inherit in the 2nd ...
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Which countries' inheritance laws apply?
Each country will apply its own choice of law rules.
The U.S. rule is that everything other than real estate and business assets not owned by an entity (especially leasehold rights and business ...
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How common are laws targeting holders of specific citizenships to disadvantage them?
england-and-wales
Although this isn't a specific example, anti-discrimination law itself is not all encompassing and does permit discrimination of protected groups in certain circumstances. As such it ...
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If I became a naturalized UK citizen, would I lose my Irish citizenship?
In summary:
Statute law allows Ireland to revoke your naturalisation on the grounds of acquiring another citizenship.
But this law has recently been found unconstitutional.
In practice, the ...
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Can a US company ask prospective American employees, contractors or partners about their country of birth?
The EEOC states that national original discrimination in employment is illegal, which is supported by 28 CFR Part 44 (discriminate means "the act of intentionally treating an individual ...
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When can an immigrant claim US nationality?
When the person has been naturalised, that is, when the US government officially recognises them as a US citizen.
There are many pathways to citizenship and the ones on the linked page are pretty ...
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What are some good sources for the rights of individual in an international context?
There are a variety of sources of international human rights law, but very few of them are enforceable by individuals in a binding judicial forum.
For example, the UN Declaration of Human Rights is ...
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When can an immigrant claim US nationality?
The Immigration and Nationality Act doesn't seem to give any way for a non-US-national to become a non-citizen US national. A non-US-national can only obtain US nationality by obtaining US citizenship ...
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Can a US company ask prospective American employees, contractors or partners about their country of birth?
united-states
TL;DR: You are likely to have a case in California, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, and Oregon. Read this report for details and, if you've got the balls, file a lawsuit.
First of all, ...
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Can a US company ask prospective American employees, contractors or partners about their country of birth?
A seller on Amazon is neither an employee or a contractor. From Amazon's FAQ for Selling on Amazon:
What is selling on Amazon?
Selling on Amazon is a program that lets individuals and businesses sell ...
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Acquiring Dual citizenship
A person who studies in a country different from his or her birth country, and then returns to his or her birth country is unlikely to have lost citizenship or voting rights in his or her birth ...
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Which countries' inheritance laws apply?
Since nobody wants to go to court, and the husband is a good man who wants to follow the law, we can tell him that he is entitled to 100% by one law and 50% by another law, both perfectly valid and ...
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Can a US company ask prospective American employees, contractors or partners about their country of birth?
If you look under Help/Policies/Program Policies/Countries accepted for seller registration, both Russia and Azerbaijan are included, so you can reside there and sell in the US. Iran and North Korea ...
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Usage of nation names as teams
It is up to each and every state to set the protection of their national symbols. But even if they do, enforcing this protection can be very complicated against non-citizens in foreign country. ...
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Is the Loi Lamine Gueye- law n ° 46-940 of May 7, 1946 enacted by the French Parliament of any relevance today?
Note: The links will be French language as they were better than the English language sources I could find. However, see bottom for two English-language references.
Historical Context
In 1946, ...
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Is there an absence limit to withdraw the British citizenship from a person born there?
No. One cannot lose British citizenship simply for being absent from the UK. It's only possible to withdraw someone's British citizenship if their presence in Britain is found to be "not conducive ...
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Do "National Councils" have national or international legal authority?
No, each nation in the world is sovereign; that means the government of that nation decides what the law is for that nation.
If that government decides to create a "council" which has statutory ...
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