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.
You can grant your spouse a life estate in the property and upon the spouseâs death, the property would pass directly to your children. Your will must clearly state that the property goes to one party for the rest of their life then is transferred to another when the first beneficiary dies.