disclaimer trust

disclaimer trust
A kind of bypass trust that gives the surviving spouse the option of not splitting the trust after the first spouse's death if it's not necessary to save on estate tax. A surviving spouse may disclaim (decline to accept) some trust property; that property goes into the bypass trust.
Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Living Trusts & Avoiding Probate

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