Bypass Trusts

What is a Bypass Trust?

A Bypass Trust, or as it is sometimes called, a “Credit Shelter Trust,” Family Trust or “B Trust,” is an Irrevocable Trust designed to hold an amount that can be sheltered from death taxes.

What is the Purpose of a Bypass Trust?

The Bypass Trust not only preserves the deceased person’s death tax credit, but it also shelters the assets from the surviving spouse’s creditors and future spouses. The Bypass Trust can also be crafted to ensure that the assets pass to the deceased spouse’s children or family at the surviving spouse’s death, keeping them out of the hands of the surviving spouse’s subsequent spouse.

Typical Estate Questions About Bypass Trusts:

Here are some questions clients, beneficiaries, and Trustees ask:

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