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A property owner can transfer property into a revocable trust thereby defeating a statutory forced share of the settlor's surviving spouse. A settlor can defeat the statutory forced share by transferring assets to a revocable trust and bypassing the policies of wills that restrict testation. Some jurisdictions employ a virtual fraud test by looking into the subjective intent of the settlor to determine the validity of the transfer to the trust.
