Question about the inheritance thread...

[phoenixmum]

No: HPFGUIDX 66472

 
 
> I do not think that he was able to leave the Black legacy to 
Harry.  
> If it were possible to leave it to someone other than the closest 
> living relative, then Sirius would never have inherited from Mrs. 
> Black, who despised him.  I expect that there is some form of 
> binding magical contract on the estate, forcing the inheritance 
> issue.
> 
> Bill

But, at the time Mrs. Black died, Sirius was in Azkaban and thought 
to be Voldemort's follower.  Perhaps that redeemed him in his 
mother's eyes.