Articles in this section illustrate some basic estate planning concepts in a marital context, including the all-important question, “How Should Title Be Held Between Me and My Spouse?”

Take Full Advantage of Community Property Laws

Have Your Cake and Eat it Too: Use Credit Shelter Trusts With Ascertainable Standards in Marital Planning to Retain Control and Avoid Taxes

Estate Planning with Marital Trust Assets

Place Your Trust in Marital Trusts

QTIP Trusts Allow You Control Over Gifted Assets

Gifts to Your Spouse - A Must for Your Estate Plan

Qualified Domestic Trust (QDT)

Estate Planning Checklist for the Recently Divorced

Estate Planning for Non-Resident Spouses

Property Ownership Between a Husband and Wife

How Title is Taken Makes a Difference

Tax Planning in Revocable Trusts: Bypass Trusts and Marital Deduction Trusts