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CES Certified Estate and Trust Specialist VIP Practice Exam
CES — The Certified Estate and Trust Specialist (CES) designation is issued by the Institute of Business & Finance (IBF); the credentialing exam consists of approximately 100 multiple-choice questions covering estate planning, trust administration, taxation, probate, and related financial planning topics, with a passing threshold of 75%.
57
Questions
120m
Time Limit
75.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 57👑 VIP
Margaret, age 78, owns a home worth $650,000 and a brokerage account worth $1.2 million, both titled in her name alone. She dies intestate in a state that provides her surviving spouse one-third of the estate and divides the remainder equally among her three adult children. Her surviving spouse, Gerald, assumed he would inherit everything. Which legal principle most directly explains why Gerald does not receive the entire estate?
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