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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Hi Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">If I were to guess, based on my experiences, the client (H&W) decided that the survivor would “do the right thing” and provide for both sides at death – didn’t want to be forced into tax planning but have
it available. In the alternative, the Trust may have been drafted to hold limited assets (such as one piece or so of AZ property), although that doesn’t sound like your situation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I always note in my file that I have remined H&W that the survivor could change the ultimate distribution of both estates unless a fixed trust is formed on death or spouse 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Script MT Bold"">Diane J. Kiepe<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Diane J. Kiepe<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Garvey<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 12, 2021 9:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Trust Admin: Sub-Trusts<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am administering a Trust drafted in Arizona. The provisions call for the entire estate to go into a sub-trust/Survivor Trust on the death of the first spouse minus what the survivor disclaims for tax purposes (which, in this case, will
be $0.00 because the estate is under 1 million). The Survivor Trust is revocable. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From a policy perspective I'm not quite understanding the point of the Survivor Trust. The couple had a blended family, so I feel like the deceased spouse's share should be locked up and irrevocable somehow so that his kids are taken care
of. But no, the entire estate is to pass into the Survivor Trust, and leaves the survivor the option to modify or cancel the whole thing. And, she is planning to do so and change the beneficiaries. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone know why the original Trust would allow that? I know the AZ lawyers who drafted it at the time (20 years ago) may have had their reasons, but it does not seem like the parties would have agreed to the survivor changing the
bene's, almost like a reciprocity argument applies here. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tom Garvey | Attorney</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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