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What is a Credit Shelter Trust?

By Sabrina Winters

This is probably the most popular type of arrangement for married couples with substantial estates.  It provides that at the death of the first spouse, his/her estate will be split into two parts.  One part, equal to the estate tax exemption amount ($3,500,000 in 2009) would go into a Trust so it would not be [...]

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