Finance Banter http://www.financebanter.co.uk A web gateway with the UK finance newsgroup. en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:14:24 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.financebanter.co.uk/images/002/misc/rss.jpg Finance Banter http://www.financebanter.co.uk Childrens Trust after Bereavement http://www.financebanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13927&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:07:37 GMT My wife died recently, and left her life insurance in a trust for our two children (both at primary school). Myself and my wife's sister are trustees.

Can I use the children's trust funds to but part of our home (less than 25%) so that their proportion will not count for IHT when I die, the cash would also reduce our mortgage which clearly has added benefits to al of us.

Any help appreciated.

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