Place the assets intended for your kids in a Qualified Terminable Interest Property (QTIP) Trust. While you’re alive, you control the trust terms. After you’re gone, your new spouse receives income from those assets for life but can’t tap the principal or redirect it. When your spouse passes away, everything left in the trust goes straight to the children you named as beneficiaries—no detours, no disputes, and no court delays.
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