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by pjc50 1711 days ago
Once you've passed it on to them, it's their money, no longer your money.

The rule against perpetuities only prevents you from constructing a zombie legal entity which outlives you permanently. Some places have a fixed, high time limit; many merely have the non-onerous rule that you can only leave it to people who were alive at the time of your death.