# Relational Stewardship **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Legal Theory / Custody **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** 2026 legal-theory proposal; continuity extension ## Definition **Relational Stewardship** is a governance model in which ambiguous or dependent life is protected through duties arising from relationships and custody rather than forcing an immediate binary answer between person and property. ## Continuity Significance It maps naturally to uncertain reconstructed persons, dormant continuants, embryos, and creator-custodian relationships. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence The term is proposed in 2026 assisted-reproduction/personhood scholarship. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Its application to computational persons is a new corpus synthesis. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Continuity Fiduciary|Continuity Fiduciary]] · [[wiki/Creator-Custodian|Creator-Custodian]] · [[wiki/Metaphysical Abstention|Metaphysical Abstention]] · [[wiki/Precautionary Standing|Precautionary Standing]] ## Sources / Provenance - https://www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journal/in-print/volume-xxvii-issue-3-spring-2026/the-jurisprudence-of-proclamation-fetal-personhood-and-the-struggle-of-legal-authority/