Where / How to write a will [Small gibs]

You need a lawyer in each country you want to make a will document

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All I know about wills is that you need a third party to notarize them, typically a lawyer? My grandparents had a living trust that basically had everything already signed over to my mother, so my experience is obviously worth nothing, sorry ):

Inheritance laws differ greatly from country to country. From my country (Germany) I believe it is not difficult to give to someone in a different country. You wouldn't need two testaments because only the law from the country the person making the will is counts.

For example:
If your nationality is German and you want to give something to a Canadian after your death you write your testament accordingly. BUT your first grade relatives (at least your children, not sure if your spouse and parents/siblings can too) can and often will demand their legal portion (which is right now 50%) of the inheritance. You can only bypass that as far as I know by gifting all your belongings before your death to someone else.
Also, as far as I know in Germany you will need a legal piece of paper (not sure how it's called) from the court for who will inherit in what order.
There is also a way of making a verbal testament that is binding but it needs three witnesses that wouldn't inherit or are conacted to those inheriting.

Mind you, I am no lawyer, but this is what I know so far from testament cases in my family. Inheritance law chances fast though.
So yeah, inheritance law is very huge here. :/ Not easy to wrap your head around. I would definitely go to a lawyer to get it done and not trust any online services. Over here you can find a lot of them in the yellow pages that specialize in inheritance law. You can also find all laws (not only inheritance laws) on government sites here.

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You need to inform yourself for your own country. There are huge differences.

A lawyer is usually the best place to go I think, at least in the US. Wills are usually legal contracts so a lawyer would be a good place to start.

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Not knowledgeable about this, but it is something important to think about.