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Succession and Inherited Obligation Matrix

Status: candidate pre-production Content canon status: unset

| Transfer class | Default treatment | Review question | |---|---|---| | Assets | Transfer only under documented title and restrictions | Which obligations attach to the asset? | | Capabilities | Transfer as operational capacity | Which roles and credentials remain valid? | | Authority | Revalidate by operation, scope, time, and source | May the successor describe, recommend, authorize, execute, adjudicate, or disclose? | | Obligations | Transfer where continuity and governing terms support it | Can the obligation be fulfilled, narrowed, transferred, repaired, or released? | | Records | Transfer under purpose and access restrictions | Who may see, use, correct, delete, or succeed the record? | | Consent | Do not transfer merely because records transfer | Does the original scope permit successor use? | | Public mandate | Revalidate through the governing constitutional process | Does the successor still represent the relevant public? | | Unresolved harms | Preserve and assign responsibility | Who can repair, notify, compensate, or acknowledge? | | Reputation | Transfer as historical association, not proof | Which claims remain accurate or contested? | | Mission | Treat as a continuity claim | Does the substrate and authority still support it? |

Successor claim rule

A successor claiming continuity for benefit should disclose:

assets received
authority received
authority not received
obligations received
obligations disputed
restricted records received
unresolved harms received
review and release routes

Dissolution boundary

Where no competent successor exists, dissolution must identify:

• residual assets;
• unresolved obligations;
• record custody;
• restricted data;
• active complaints;
• repair funds;
• deletion schedule;
• public notice;
• final witness.

Governing principle

A successor may inherit the duty to answer without inheriting every power once held by the predecessor.