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.
(This rule does not apply if the spouse is not a U.S. citizen.) The unlimited marital deduction can be a good way to reduce your current estate tax liability, although it may mean a larger estate tax bill in the future because it will increase the estate of the surviving spouse.