This paper seeks to interrogate the formation and transmission of wealth within the emerging constituency of LGBT families in Ireland, with particular regard to the role of law in facilitating or fettering wealth formation and transmission within new family forms. The aim of this paper is to examine the possible impact of law and policy on wealth retention and transmission amongst LGBT family members. The purpose is to explore whether, and if so to what extent, the sexual orientation and family status of a person or of a person’s parents can influence the extent to which that person retains or is able to transmit wealth, particularly across generations of family members. An allied issue is how legal policy can (even when it favours recognition of LGBT families) assist in the transmission and reproduction of patterns of relative poverty in LGBT families.The author seeks to assess the possible impact of laws and policies on wealth formation and transmission as they affect couples both with and without children, as well as children living with same-sex couples. Mapping and linking relevant laws and policy documents, the website will consider, in particular, the impact of succession laws, social welfare laws, health, immigration and tax provisions on LGBT families.The author concludes that the monolithic image of the 'pink euro' dissipates on closer examination. While there is undoubtedly a constituency of relatively wealthy LGBT persons, studies demonstrate that when variables such as age, class, education and most notably, gender, race and transgendered status are considered this image fragments significantly. When the presence of children is added as a variable, the chances of poverty increase considerably. While experience of social exclusion and discrimination clearly play a role in this regard, the author argues that legal and social policy may also serve to compound the financial insecurity of LGBT people. It does so by placing barriers to the transmission of wealth between same-sex couples, as well as between gay parents and the (non-biological) children who are part of their families. Legal recognition may ameliorate this position, by providing greater security and eliminating many of the barriers to wealth transmission, and in turn by diminishing the effects of social exclusion. Greater solidarity within LGBT communities – and the various constituencies involved – may also play a vital part.NB This paper was published in 2009 before the introduction of civil partnership in Ireland, and should be considered in that light.