By Sea Sitka is a year-round port of call for the Alaska Marine Highway System (1-800-642-0066, www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/). These state-operated ferries provide an extraordinary opportunity to navigate the Inside Passage at a leisurely pace.
Spouses in community property states are generally entitled to take all community property at death, and half in the case of divorce. If the husband inherited the property, or took title to it before the marriage, for example, the wife would not automatically be entitled to a share of it.
Inheritance. Putting your house in an irrevocable trust removes it from your estate. Unlike placing assets in an revocable trust, your house is safe from creditors and from estate tax. If you use an irrevocable bypass trust, it does the same for your spouse.When you die, your share of the house goes to the trust so your spouse never takes legal ownership.f you want to dissolve the trust -- so that you can sell the house, for instance -- it's not impossible, but it isn't easy. In California, for example, you can change or terminate the trust if you and all the beneficiaries sign off on it.