In Reply to: What you say is absolutely correct...... posted by Rangatira on Monday, 5. April 2010 at 08:47 Bali Time:
I doubt this would come under any kind of Indonesian laws. What you need to do is leave very clear instructions with the executor of your will, including how much goes to whom, and how to contact the beneficiaries directly. Ideally you should discuss this with your nominated executor so that they understand the possible difficulties (e.g. your 'adopted' daughter may not have a bank account and may need assistance opening one, not giving the moeny to the daughter's male family members who may keep some for themselves etc.)
Do not leave the distribution of the inheritance up to anyone in Indonesia. You wouldn't do that at home, it is the role of your executor to make sure that the beneficiaries receive what you intended. Where-ever they happen to live.
To clarify what I think the other poster was trying to say about the laws: If you (living in NZ) received an inheritance from a relative living in the UK, NZ inheritance laws would have nothing to do with that transaction. So, you leaving money to a Balinese person has nothing to do with Indonesian inheritance laws - unless you are living permenantly in Indonesia and your will is being exectuted int the Indonesian courts.