Inheritance in the Wizarding World

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 96570

bboy_mn wrote:
<snip>> 
> Personally, I like to fantasize that with all that time on his hands
> in Grimmauld Place, Sirius took the time to sit down and make
> provisions for Harry's future. <snip>
> 
> As to the death of Sirius and all it's implicaitons, here is how I
see the events playing out.
> 
> First, Sirius's death will be kept a secret until such time as the
> order has gathered all the proof it needs to clear Sirius's name.
> 
> The next step after clearing Sirius's name, is to make sure they,
> Harry and the Order, have a KNOWN and favorable resolution to
Sirius's and the Black Family estates.
> 
> Then, that information will only be used, if it release serves the
> Order. If proving Sirius is dead does not serve the Order or Harry,
> then there is no point in making the information public. Also, there
> is little point in bringing the issue to the public's attention that
> Sirius is innocent, unless doing so is a prelude to establishing
that he is dead, and that Harry and/or the Order control his estate.
><snip>
> I am desperately hoping for a copy of Sirius's will to be found, in
> which he leave something to Lupin and the Weasley's as well as Harry.


Carol:
The question is (and I've mentioned this before), how can anyone prove
that Sirius is dead without a body or reliable witnesses? Dumbledore
told Fudge "as much as he needed to know," but does that include a
mention of Sirius? Does it even include the other Order members, whom
Fudge may still regard as enemies? That leaves the kids, whose
identities DD may also want to protect and whose testimony Fudge won't
necessarily believe, and the Death Eaters. Even if Fudge or anyone
else believes the story based on such shaky testimony, where's the
proof that he passed through the veil? 

Carol