If you live in a community property state with your spouse, or if you had lived in a community property state with your spouse for any prior period of time, the assets accumulated while there have ...

So you’re married. You received a gift from Aunt Jane while she was alive. Your dad bequeathed you a generous sum of money on his passing. Those gifted and inherited assets in many instances will be ...

QTIP trusts provide income for a surviving spouse while protecting the final inheritance from future marriages. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

Nine community property states give spouses equal ownership of assets acquired while married. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

Revocable trusts can go by other names like living trusts, inter vivos trusts or even “loving” trusts, but their purpose is the same: to address the problems that traditional last wills and testaments ...