That's dumb - if they think he's actually dead, how long can they keep that up? Eventually, questions are going to arise, and then the world will conclude that he's either dead or a 'missing person' - and if it's the former, that opens up a whole new kettle of fish. Who should inherit the Wayne fortune? Damien is the true heir, of course, being his son, but then he has two wards and one ex-ward - Dick. Also, Damien would be tricky to account for, because he is A: underage - you can't inherit money until you're eighteen - and B: more importantly, there is precious little you can say about him being Wayne's son unless you admit to the general public that Bruce is Batman - which, one would presume, they would rather not do. So if Damien doesn't inherit, who does? Cass is also underage at this point, I think, so that leaves Dick or Tim (who if he's seventeen at this point, can be handwaved into legal age without much trouble - ta-da! It's his birthday! 18 now!). The most likely inheritor would be Dick, of course, since he's the eldest - but what about Tim and Cass, then? Are they mentioned in the will? If so, what happens to their portions until they come of age? Do they get allowances? And what happens if Damien, brat that he is, decides to blow the roof off all this by announcing that HE is Bruce Wayne's son, thank you very much, and where's his damn money? It's a great big fish-kettle that will probably never be opened up, because of course DC has to keep up the pretense that 'oh, he might be coming back any moment - any moment now - OH COULD THAT BE HIM HOLY COW NO! It wasn't him! HAHA, you suckers! This might be him now, though!' In reality, of course, the whole thing is all planned out, and he'll come back in a year or two, after we've all had our fill of Dick and Damien stories. It's very ironic that DC keeps trying to be all REALISTIC when really, their stories have about as much to do with reality as a thought balloon.