Inheritance Law in the City of Gold

In the City of Gold inheritance and related law branches are more developed than elsewhere in Rhye, due in part to the influence of foriegn visitors and residents.

Inheritance Beauracracy

The distribution of wealth and assets prior death follows instructions set out in family wills. Once drafted, these need to be witnessed by an independant member of comunity and a civil servant of any of Rhye's four courts before becoming official.
At least two copies are made, the first to sit with the city offices, and the second with the named person on the will. Additional copies can be made, but unless they are printed by the city these would not be considered official.
Official wills are printed on specific paper made in the court of hunter, with a set letter head printed in black rockpool squid ink, and stamped with the cities emblem in red beetle ink. Similar methods are used for other official documentation produced by the City of Gold's administration.
Inheritance may be activated early should the owner of the will either desire it, or their is strong reason to believe that the owner will be unable to properly use the asset or inheritance. There are resistrictions in place to preserve their ownership of assets and money owned for their own purposes however.

Inheritance Culture

In the City of Gold, inheritance usually provides wealth and/or assets based on the recipients potential to use the bequeathment. For example, a son working in real estate may recieve his mothers land while his cousin working in investment may recieve her gold. Those who believed to have higher potential will gain larger amounts.
Where items have sentimental value, a citezen may choose a reason to make a specific bequeathment to the one who would apprechiate it the most.
When an elf returns to the river without making a will, the city will host meetings to agree the deceased family and friends, and discuss their potential before deciding on where to allocate the estate. In this case family members or friends may make cases to be awarded specific items for sentimental reasons.
Where a recipent of a bequeathment is too young or otherwise unable to properly benefit from the inheritance, a guardianship may be set up depending on the asset in question. For example, a steward of a hotel may be set up to look after a hotel until the true owner is old enough to take the position. On occasion, trials may be put in place that the recipent must complete before the guardianship passes over control of the asset.