My father died last July 2006. He was born in Brazil, but was a citizen of the U.S. and was a doctor here for 35 years. He retired, remarried, and moved back to Brazil in 1993. He died without a will. My stepmother claims that he died with no money. I believe he did have a significant amount of money, but have no way of proving it. I do not want to take legal action against my stepmother unless there are enough assets to make the process worthwhile. Is there any way I can verify whether he had bank accounts or investments (stocks and/or mutual funds) in the U.S. Also, are there ways to check for assets in other countries? I believe he had bank accounts in Brazil and Portugal.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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Originally Posted by RachelRachel

My father died last July 2006. He was born in Brazil, but was a citizen of the U.S. and was a doctor here for 35 years. He retired, remarried, and moved back to Brazil in 1993. He died without a will. My stepmother claims that he died with no money. I believe he did have a significant amount of money, but have no way of proving it. I do not want to take legal action against my stepmother unless there are enough assets to make the process worthwhile. Is there any way I can verify whether he had bank accounts or investments (stocks and/or mutual funds) in the U.S.? Also, are there ways to check for assets in other countries? I believe he had bank accounts in Brazil and Portugal.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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You woul probably be able to hire someone to find out for you you also might be able to find some of it out on you own through a background check of the web but that will cost you about 40.00 as well

Hello Rachel:

You need an attorney to do an asset search. Look for an attorney who has an international connection so that a search can include the countries you mentioned.

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Of course unless there is a will, his new wife would get it anyway
So I am not sure what you plan on gaining by finding anything, unless you find a will also