While this is an interesting side-effect of the expanding legal status of marriage, to my knowledge this 'wealth-passing' matter has been mostly solved by savvy

While this is an interesting side-effect of the expanding legal status of marriage, to my knowledge this 'wealth-passing' matter has been mostly solved by savvy accountants and tax attorneys. Dynasty Trusts generally provide a satisfactory mechanism for bypassing the GST. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_trust http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_trust