James' Invisibility Cloak (was Alastor, and James' money, and godmother/marriage

[romuluslupin1]

No: HPFGUIDX 110710

Rebecca huntergreen wrote 
<< James had to get all that money from somewhere. I wonder if he had
> inheritence too? >>

 Catlady answered:
> The Goat Pad is still useful, even tho' it hasn't been updated for a
> year: http://www.angelfire.com/magic/aberforthsgoat/index.html
> 
> It found:
> http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/1000-livechat-
aol.html
> :
> 
> JKR: "But James inherited plenty of money, so he didn't need a
> well-paid profession."
> 
> Q: "Where did James get his Invisibility Cloak?"
> JKR: "That was inherited from his own father -- a family heirloom!"

Romulus Lupin: 

Ok, things might be different in the Potterverse, but I thought you 
could only inherit from someone who was dead, right? But we know Mr 
Potter was alive while James was at school, since Sirius was always 
welcome at Mr. and Mrs. Potter's after he got his own place at 17. 

So while Mr Potter could have died shortly after James' 7th year and 
left him the money, how come he had the IC to begin with when he was 
still at school. DD tells Harry (don't remember where) that his 
father used the IC to nick food from the kitchen and Lupin in POA 
tells Harry WPP used it to reach the Whomping Willow undetected 
(paraphrased) so he did have it at school. I don't get it...

Romulus Lupin, more confused than ever