Yours, Mine, and Ours: 房地产 Strategies for Second Marriage
If you are one of the many Americans who are in a second marriage, 你可能需要重新审视你的遗产策略.1
不像一般的初婚, second marriages often require special consideration in order to address children from a prior marriage and the disposition of assets accumulated prior to the second marriage.
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Here are some ideas you may want to think about when updating your estate strategy:
- You may want to ensure that your children from your first marriage are set up to receive assets from your estate, even as you provide your second spouse with adequate resources to live should you die first.
- 考虑资产的所有权. Assets that are jointly owned in your name and your second spouse’s name are set up to pass to your second spouse, often regardless of any instructions in your will.
- If you are designating your second spouse as beneficiary on retirement accounts, 一旦你死了，请记住这一点, the surviving spouse can name any beneficiary of their choice, despite any promises to name your children from a previous marriage as successor beneficiaries.
- Consider any prenuptial and postnuptial agreements with a professional who has legal expertise in the area of estate management.
- If your new spouse is closer in age to your children than to you, your children may worry that they may never receive an inheritance. 考虑在你死后把财产传给他们. This may be accomplished through the purchase of life insurance.2
- Consider approaches to help protect against the drain that extended care may have on assets designed to support your spouse or pass to your children.
1. The information in this material is not intended as tax or legal advice. It may not be used for the purpose of avoiding any federal tax penalties. 请咨询法律或税务专业人士 for specific information regarding your individual situation.
2. Several factors will affect the cost and availability of life insurance, 包括年龄, health and the type and amount of insurance purchased. Life insurance policies have expenses, including mortality and other charges. 如果保单过早放弃, the policyholder also may pay surrender charges and have income tax implications. You should consider determining whether you are insurable before implementing a strategy involving life insurance. Any guarantees associated with a policy are dependent on the ability of the issuing insurance company to continue making claim payments.
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