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.
http://www.legalzoom.com/legal-wills/wills-overview.html. Your relativeâs probate estate includes his assets that canât transfer to his heirs or his beneficiaries without court intervention. For example, if he wants you to inherit his home, you don't actually own it until the deed is transferred into your name. You canât sell the property or take a mortgage against it, because simply having it bequeathed to you in a will does not make it legally yours.