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

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at a...> 
wrote:
> > 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. > 


-----------------Here's a question, though. I agree that Sirius' 
cousins may have a legal claim on the house, but . . . WILL THEY 
REMEMBER IT? There's been a fair amount of discussion about the 
Malfoys and/or other Black family relatives having been to the house 
before, but let's not forget that the Order of the Phoenix is using 
it as its HQ and DUMBLEDORE IS ITS SECRET-KEEPER. As I understand 
secret-keeping, you can stare right at it and not see it at all. 
Didn't it say in PoA that LV could have walked right into James and 
Lily's house but if the secret-keeper hadn't told him the secret, he 
never would have seen them? (I'm at work and so can't check the 
book). If Sirius' house is protected under the secret-keeper spell, 
would anyone outside of the order be able to find it--or even 
remember it--without DD telling them? Would the ministry even 
remember it to affect its passing along now that S. is gone?

--Deb