Cedric is legally dead, and if he rises as a vampire, the government’s standing position on vampires (not even requiring a judges ruling) is that IT be slain permanently at the first opportunity. Nor would they be wanting to offer the vampire ANY advantages or benefits it could find by legally allowing it access to the property, bank accounts, or any other assets belonging to the late Cedric. There is therefor no alteration to Cedric’s original legal status of being dead, and all his property and assets will be distributed in the same manner as they would have been whether he stayed in his grave or not.
There are naturally provisions in the law for collection of outstanding debts from the estate of a deceased person. NOT-Leia’s best approach would be to contact said executors of Cedric’s estate as soon as they’ve been assigned, and petition for repayment. It is STRONGLY recommended that she approach them as a legitimate moneylending institution and provide documentation as proof of the debt as being all legal and above-board, (and not to stroll in talking like a mobster who would have broken Cedric’s legs if he didn’t pay up, etc) and though it might take a year for all of Cedric’s property and assets to be liquidated (selling of his house, for example) it’s entirely possible for NOT-Leia to get back some or even all of the money she’s owed (depending on how many other debts Cedric had, and how much money the selling of all his former property produces.
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Cedric is legally dead, and if he rises as a vampire, the government’s standing position on vampires (not even requiring a judges ruling) is that IT be slain permanently at the first opportunity. Nor would they be wanting to offer the vampire ANY advantages or benefits it could find by legally allowing it access to the property, bank accounts, or any other assets belonging to the late Cedric. There is therefor no alteration to Cedric’s original legal status of being dead, and all his property and assets will be distributed in the same manner as they would have been whether he stayed in his grave or not.
There are naturally provisions in the law for collection of outstanding debts from the estate of a deceased person. NOT-Leia’s best approach would be to contact said executors of Cedric’s estate as soon as they’ve been assigned, and petition for repayment. It is STRONGLY recommended that she approach them as a legitimate moneylending institution and provide documentation as proof of the debt as being all legal and above-board, (and not to stroll in talking like a mobster who would have broken Cedric’s legs if he didn’t pay up, etc) and though it might take a year for all of Cedric’s property and assets to be liquidated (selling of his house, for example) it’s entirely possible for NOT-Leia to get back some or even all of the money she’s owed (depending on how many other debts Cedric had, and how much money the selling of all his former property produces.