Sirius's property (Was Re: Buckbeak)

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No: HPFGUIDX 81581

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Yahtzee63 at a... wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 9/25/03 2:56:34 PM, HPforGrow
nups at yahoogroups.com 
writes:
> 
> 
> > Actually, I can see Sirius as leaving the house to either Tonks, 
the Order,
> > Harry, or even Lupin.  In either case, I can also see Lupin
moving 
in so he
> > has a stable place to live.
> > 
> 
> My personal take on it is that Sirius would leave the house to
Harry 
> outright, but perhaps leave Lupin with the right to inhabit it for 
as long as he 
> wishes. Lupin's the one in more immediate need, and if Sirius got 
around to writing 
> his will, he'd no doubt think of that. Also, it appears in OOTP
that 
Lupin's 
> living there, at least part-time, already -- and Sirius would not 
want Lupin 
> to be made homeless.
> 
> 
> 
> Yahtzee
> 
True, he probably would leave it to Harry, along with his money, and 
this leads me to another question - what happens to the property of 
someone who was on the run at his death? Where *is* his will? 
Possibly, now, he will be posthumously cleared of all charges and, of 
course, it would be impossible to find the house by anyone not 
authorised anyway. But I did wonder, in PoA, how Sirius's vault was 
still available to him, whatever name he used in that owl post
letter. 
Maybe Gringott's is like a Swiss bank? It's said there's still money 
belonging to the Romanoffs in one of those, and no heirs to collect.

Just wondering. Sue B