# Reincarnation Superstition **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-superstition/1025022 "2025-11-20T20:52:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-superstition/1025022/4 "2025-11-20T21:20:22Z")
Why does no one ever consider the legal issues surrounding reincarnation? If It’s still me, can I designate my reincarnated self as my legal heir? What about any other heirs? Can they contest that, leaving new Baby Me destitute? And if I can inherit, is it held in trust by my current parents until I come of age? And what if I was a criminal, in prison? If I die 5 years into a 10 year sentence, does Baby Me get sent to Baby Prison for 5 years? Or do they defer that until I turn 18 (again)? What do they do if I abscond at 17, and go live someplace with no extradition treaty? I guess marriage is mostly okay, with the “'til death do we part” part. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-superstition/1025022)._