As unprecedented levels of wealth pass between generations, families and advisers are increasingly focused on how to preserve assets, maintain family cohesion and prepare beneficiaries for responsibility. This session will explore the growing use of trusts, governance structures and control mechanisms designed to manage inherited wealth, while questioning whether excessive control can create unintended consequences, conflict and dependency. The discussion will examine the broader risks associated with generational wealth transfer, including family disputes, entitlement, lack of preparedness and governance failures, and consider practical approaches to building structures that promote resilience, accountability and long-term stewardship rather than future litigation and dysfunction.