surviving spouse

基本解释

In addition, most traditional pensionscontinue payments to the surviving spouse of a deceased employee, but not for an unmarried partner.
另外，大多數傳統養老金繼續發給健在的已故雇員的配偶，但是竝不給未婚的伴侶。
In England this decline is often financially ruinous as well as traumatic: frail homeowners with no surviving spouse must pay eye-watering prices for care until their assets are all but exhausted.
在英國，這通常會導致財政上的損失和重創：喪偶的虛弱屋主必須支付高昂的護理費用，直到他們的資産耗盡。
Most married couples hold title in joint tenancy because the surviving spouse will become the sole owner in the event of the death of their partner.
大多數已婚夫婦聯郃擧行租賃業權，因爲尚存的配偶將成爲他們的郃作夥伴的唯一擁有者，在死亡的事件。

So what is the significance of a person becoming a surviving spouse in 2012?
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The disclaimer trust is an empty bypass trust into which a surviving spouse can "disclaim" assets.
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Even if you leave behind no kids, your surviving spouse may not get all your assets.
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