A local estate-planning/probate attorney referred a new client to you after learning about your reputation as a problem solver in international cases. The client’s father (“Dad”) died in Orlando, leaving a substantial tract of beach-front real estate in St. Martin to his wife (“Mom”), who owned a share already as a tenant-incommon with the decedent and also, incidentally, the client. The client, the decedent’s daughter, negotiated a sale of the realestate to a Brazilian national who intends to erect a resort on the picturesque parcel. Time is of the essence, yet the transaction hits a snag when it is discovered that the land records in St. Martin do not reflect Dad’s intestate death and the resulting vested interest in Mom.