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.
If you own a home and the title is in your name alone at your death, it will have to go through probate. Probate is needed when you have assets titled in your name alone at your death. Keep in mind that having a Will does not avoid probate. A Will just tells the court how to distribute the property in your estate. If you have a life estate, you have already added your child or childrenâs names to the title of the property. This states who the owner of the asset will be when you die. Probate is generallynot needed when there is already another owner on the title of an asset.