Previous Grimauld Place & Inheritance Discussion

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 87872

Since it has come up again, I thought I would refer interested parties
back to previous discussion regarding what will happen to Grimauld
Place and the rest of the Black Family Estate.

Date:  Tue Aug 5, 2003  5:05 am
Subject:  Grimmauld Place
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/75450
A short post that restarts the thread.


Date:  Tue Aug 5, 2003  10:58 pm
Subject:  Re: Grimmauld Place
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/75604
I post a summary and SIX links to old Inheritance threads.


Date:  Fri Aug 8, 2003  3:44 am
Subject:  RE: Grimauld Place
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/76095
Thread is restarted again.

In conclusion, it gets down to the nature of inheritance in the wizard
world. If 'Male Heir' takes precedence then Draco Malfoy is the oldest
living Male Heir to the Black family blood line and therefore, the
estate. If Sirius Black left a Will naming Harry and others, I could
see this as a setup for a struggle between Draco and Harry over who
gets the Black family inheritance. 

Did Sirius Black leave a will? I speculate that Black had a lot of
time trapped in the Black family house in which he had nothing to do
but think. He knew Voldemort was back, he knew these were dangerous
times, and so I suspect he thoughts wandered to Harry and Harry future
and wellbeing. With nothing but time on his hands and concern for
Harry, I suspect he did take the time to draft a Will.

Keep in mind that nothing will happen until it becomes public
knowledge that Sirius is dead. Until then the Order can continue to
use the Black house. When knowledge leaks out about Black's death, I
think that is when Draco will try to claim the Black Family estate.
This will lead to a battle between Draco and the Right of Inheritance,
and Harry and Sirius's un-noterized handwritten Will which will, in my
opinion, open the door to finally proving that Sirius was innocent,
and that he was of sound mind and rightfully able to Will the Estate
to his GODSON Harry. 

Can you imagine how FURIOUS Draco is going to be after all that has
already happen, he is now cheated out of a very large inheritance that
he feels is rightfully his. If you think things were bad between Draco
and Harry, that's nothing compared to what is coming up.

I haven't quite resolved the exact nature of that Will yet though. One
thought is that he left the bulk of the estate to the Weasleys in
Trust with the instructions that the Weasleys take over as Harry's
guardian, and use the house and the money to look after Harry. Note
that both Molly and Arthur are related to the Black family, although
how distant that relationship is, we don't know. However, if my memory
serves me correctly, Sirius commented that the Weasley name was surely
burned of the tapestry since they are about as great of 'blood
traitors' as you can get. That implies that the relationship is not
too distant. (should really look that up) 

Certainly, I suspect that some portion of the estate has been left to
Remus, the last of Sirius old school friends, and heaven knows Remus
needs the money.

In summary, one way or another, directly or indirectly, I see a battle
between Draco and Harry that ends with Harry getting control of the
Black Family Estate.

Just a thought.

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