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The special QTIP trust can save the day. Legally, to qualify as a QTIP trust, the trust is required to pay all of its income to the spouse beneficiary, and there can't be any other beneficiaries during that spouse's lifetime.
Under a QTIP trust, income is paid to a surviving spouse while the balance of the funds is held in trust until that spouse's death. At that point, the remainder is paid to the beneficiaries specified by the grantor.
John and Mary are in their second marriage. John has children from his first marriage and wants to ensure they inherit his estate after his and Mary's death. He creates a QTIP Trust which will provide Mary with income for life after his death, and upon Mary's death, the remaining assets will go to his children.
To create a QTIP trust, you'll make a QTIP election on IRS estate tax return form 706. List the chosen assets (called the ?qualified terminable interest property?) and their value on Part A of Schedule M. There are a few requirements: The surviving spouse must be a U.S. citizen.