<div dir="ltr"><div>Good Morning Listserv!</div><div><br></div><div>H and W of 40 years. H is 15 years older than W. Both are in good health, but frequently travel out of the country.</div><div>Many assets (mostly rental properties) of ~$2.5 million in value, all community property.</div><div>Each spouse has a child prior to marriage, Child1 (H) and Child2 (W).</div><div>They would like to do an estate plan where when the first spouse dies the other spouse has unrestricted use of the joint estate but upon the passing of the last spouse, the remaining joint estate goes equally to Both children.</div><div>They do not want long term medical planning. They want to insure that the surviving spouse's (if they were to remarry) new spouse does not inherit anything from the joint estate. </div><div><br></div><div>My question is what is the best vehicle to insure the surviving spouse shares equally with the two children, specifically not disinherit the prior deceased spouse's child?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you in advance.</div><div><br></div><div>Roberta</div><div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>

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