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[Heather de Vrieze]

I don’t disagree with this approach, but an alternative is a joint trust, with all of the details while both are alive, when one dies, and after they are both gone, spelled out.

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I recommend that you not try to create a life estate; too much uncertainty.  Instead, each of the two wills should create a trust and all of the terms of the occupancy should be spelled out in detail.  Who pays the utilities, insurance, maintenance, taxes, repairs, improvements?  When does the trust end?  What happens if the surviving spouse moves out?
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Unmarried PC's own a home together as TIC with a 60/40 split of interest. They want their adult children from previous relationships to inherit their estates including their share of the house.

BUT they want the surviving partner to be allowed to live in the house for as long or as little as needed while still ensuring that both sets of heirs inherit when the second partner passes.

What's the best mechanism for doing this?

Lynn Clare
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