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Uses of Trusts in Estate Planning - Stewart McKelvey

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Spousal <strong>Trusts</strong><br />

• Similar to alter ego and jo<strong>in</strong>t partner trusts<br />

• Settlor transfers property on a rollover<br />

basis on death or on an <strong>in</strong>ter vivos basis to<br />

a trust for the sole benefit <strong>of</strong> her spouse<br />

• Spouse must be entitled to receive all <strong>of</strong><br />

the <strong>in</strong>come while alive and not one else<br />

can receive capital from the trust while the<br />

spouse is alive

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