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.
Re: Abc trust question. You are also confused. If the estate has been properly transfered into an ABC trust before your dad's death, then no probate is required. An ABC trust provides for the dividing of your father's estate into three separate trusts. These can be defined anyway the trust agreement define them, but typically they are: A Trust - trust for the surviving spouse, remains revocable.