(Warning: Typos Intact, Not Legal Advice)
My spouse and I are both on the house deed he has left everything to me upon his death but has put it in trust for his son on m?
Does my bio children have a right to my portion of property when I die or will the trust leave it to my stepson
Answer: If you are both on the house deed as husband and wife, then when he dies, the house belongs to you, and there is no room for the trust to claim the house. However, if you die first and he then owns the house, it’s possible he set it up so that all the assets would go to his children, or his son, upon his death if you were to die first. There are many ways this could have been arranged; I’m only giving you one example.
Your best course of action would be to either consult with the attorney who drafted the plan to find out exactly what the distribution plan entails or take your copy of the documents and have them reviewed by an attorney of your own choosing.
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