[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: Sirius' House - Harry??????

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 63652

MC wrote:

> I'd love it if that happened, but it's not likely, IMO.  First, when
> could Sirius will it to Harry?  I don't know how the wizarding world
> works, but in the Muggle world, wills need to be witnessed, but
> anyone who witnessed a will written by Sirius after his escape would
> be proof that he was being helped to flee justice, which could be
> trouble for whomever witnessed it.
>
> Would he have willed it to Harry before Azkaban?  Possible, but
> unlikely.  My husband is an estate lawyer, and he knows numerous 40-
> something men with children who don't have wills - it's a lot to ask
> that Sirius (knowing his personality) would have sat down with the
> family lawyer after Harry's birth and written his will.
>
He couldn't have willed it to Harry even if he'd wanted to and had thought
of it.  IIRC, Sirius's mother was still alive when he was sent to Azkaban.
It wasn't Sirius's house to will; it was Mrs. Black's.  I'm not sure why
Siriu automatically gets the house since he and they seem to have mutually
disowned each other, unless there is something in wizarding society saying
it must go to a direct blood heir (only living son) before it goes to any
cousin.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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