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Roth IRA transfers to a new custodian do not reset the five-year clock, Ed Slott's IRAHelp says
Brenner says an inherited IRA passes to the primary beneficiary at death; if the spouse then dies without naming a beneficiary, the custodian's default—often the estate—decides.