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Like a will, a living trust can be altered whenever you wish.After one spouse dies, the surviving spouse is free to amend the terms of the trust document that deal with his or her property, but can't change the parts that determine what happens to the deceased spouse's trust property.

When one spouse dies, the joint trust will continue to operate for the benefit of the surviving spouse as a Survivor's Trust. Any specific gifts of tangible property from the first spouse to beneficiaries (other than the surviving spouse) will be given to those people.

Joint trusts are easier to fund and maintain.In a joint trust, after the death of the first spouse, the surviving spouse has complete control of the assets. When separate trusts are used, the deceased spouses' trust becomes irrevocable and the surviving spouse has limited control over assets.

If you die in New Jersey without having a will, then you have died intestate. This is a legal term that means that you have no will to probate once you are dead. Therefore, since you don't have a will, your estate is distributed according to New Jersey's law of intestacy.

Like a will, a living trust can be altered whenever you wish.After one spouse dies, the surviving spouse is free to amend the terms of the trust document that deal with his or her property, but can't change the parts that determine what happens to the deceased spouse's trust property.