Rain
Comic 1432 - Vivid
Author Notes:
Rain: "You don't even know the half of it, Aunt Fara." XD
It does look an awful lot like that room in her dream, though. But don't worry too much about that. It's probably not that important right now. (Maybe later, but definitely not now.)
Jokes aside, I want everyone to know that I tried to do a fair bit of research on what happens in a situation where "someone who is not entitled to their inheritance until they reach a certain age, and then that person reaches that age and goes to claim it". I can confirm that it's certainly a thing. But information and specifics on how that plays out has honestly kind of eluded me the whole way, so what that should look like is still a mystery as far as I'm concerned. Perhaps that means it's not such a static process and it varies on a case by case basis. Still, I hope you'll forgive me if you're looking at this page and shaking your head because this is not "real world accurate". I mean, I tend to take the stance that this is fiction and doesn't need to be real world accurate, but I still want you to know I tried. ^^;
The specific act of Rain claiming her inheritance isn't necessarily the important part of this chapter, anyway. It's more about the trip to this point - as we've seen - and what comes next. This is basically just the emotional intermission. :P
All that said, I do want to address one more thing: the executor. She is not named and barely shown. But for purposes of avoiding a very specific crackpot theory, I'm going to call her Melissa Bartley - old friend of Liriel's since college days. We won't be getting to know her that much, so it's hard to say what she knew about Liriel's kids. If the two were close enough for her to be named executor, though, they were probably close enough that she knew something.
She doesn't seem particularly fazed by Rain, whatever that may mean. Take that however you will, but there's certainly a lot of ways to interpret it.
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- Wills cannot require someone to break the law.
- States abhor perpetual trusts and will do what they can to thwart them. In many cases, "in perpetutity" is taken to mean 99 years. In any event, trusts only last as long as the money in them holds out.
That said, when a will requires something to be held for a mere 18 years, it's pretty certain it will be held. If it's money, it should not accrue service fees. Failing any other way to store money for a number of years without service fees or activities, banks are required to offer a special kind of account for lawyers which charge no service fees and bear no interest, specifically for lawyers to be able to hold money for people.
I hope it won't be necessary, but it has been quite a year. I do hope if it does happen that I'm not the one breaking it to the parents that I've been asked to be the conservator for those funds instead of them. That will be rather awkward.
Also, if there are multiple conditions, they must all be laid out at once, with no information withheld from the inheritor (i.e. the will can say "the inheritor must do [task1], [task2], and [task3]," and it can require them to be completed in a specific order, but it can't say "do not tell the inheritor about [task2] until [task1] is complete, do not tell them about [task3] until [task2] is complete").
Therefore, we know that being 18 years old was Liriel's only prerequisite for Rain, since if there were other conditions Rain (and Fara as her legal guardian) would have been told immediately at the time.
......She sure does. I guess I ought to fix that. ^^;
Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Let's not forget...... Marcus **IS** a lawyer.......
Yikes. Hope he doesn't show up.
I did provide both names (aka "I am <name>, but I changed my name <mumbly> years ago from <dead name> blah blah blah"
And the rep made sure to use my correct pronouns during the call, and at every opportunity. I really wish I thought to ask for their name to give them a compliment to their supervisor.
Honestly the tension over both Chase and Dad is so palatable I read each new page with one eye closed waiting for the ball to drop. If Dad shows up I expect Kellen will likely get a redemption arc in helping to deal with him.
I suspect everyone's theorizing about the inheritance. If we're taking bets, I'm betting on heirloom jewelry.
Rain's mom left her. personally, i like the theory that Liriel left Rain all her old clothes, including her wedding dress.