OOP: Sirius' House - Harry??????

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 63565

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "catherinemckiernan" <

> > I'd love it if that happened, but it's not likely, IMO.  First, 
when 
> > could Sirius will it to Harry?  
 
> > But more importantly, in British Wizarding Society, bloodlines, 
> > blood ties and tradition seem extremely important.  I've read, 
and I 
> > agree, that it mirrors the Victorian era or something like.  
Based 
> > on the mores of traditional societies, it would be pretty much 
> > unheard of for a family member to will an entire family estate to 
a 
> > non-relative (yes, I know they're all related, the pervy 
inbreeders, 
> > but you know what I mean).  There seem to be cousins currently 
> > living, so the estate *should* go to them.
> > 
> > Considering that SB left home early and disavowed his family 
ties, 
> > it might also be that his father commuted his statutory 
obligation 
> > to Sirius by placing the estate in trust - perhaps to pass on to 
> > Sirius's offspring, or another family member if Sirius has no 
child.
> > 
> > MC
> 

> I really hope that Sirius left a will, leaving everything either to
> Harry or, Harry really not needing the money, to Lupin, who 
definitely
> does. If he died intestate (and he didn't have the house under some
> trust), then the MoM presumably administers his estate. Under 
English
> and Welsh law, which the MoM might follow at least a bit, the estate
> would go to surviving uncles and aunts, if there are any left, as we
> know Sirius has no closer surviving relatives. If those uncles and
> aunts have pre-deceased their children, then the children get the
> share that would have belonged to the uncles and aunts. > 


This discussion points again to a certain fuzziness concerning Sirius 
and his family.  If, when he left home as Mr. Blood Traitor, was he 
disowned?  And, if he had been disowned, and not given anything in 
his parents' will(s), could he inherit it anyway simply because he's 
the last living direct descendent?

If Sirius couldn't inherit under those circumstances, then it would 
imply that his parents never disowned him.  Seems a bit of an 
oversight by the vituperitive Mrs. Black.

And another thing about the house.  In one of Mrs. Black's screeching 
fits she carries on about the vile filth besmirching the "house of my 
fathers" (paraphrase). That would seem to imply that it was her 
house, and not something that came from the Black  side of the 
family. 

Marianne
  

Marianne, who wishes we knew Mum Black's first name.