[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore & Dursleys-What DD Knew

[Pyros Wife]

No: HPFGUIDX 123497


Lupinlore:
IMO you are setting up a false set of choices, Susan.  That is, you
seem to be implying that Albus' only choices are to leave Harry at the
Dursleys and not interfere, or else remove him from the Dursleys and
place him in the WW.  I think what Alla and I and others are saying is
that even if the WW was too dangerous, WHY DIDN'T DD MAKE THE DURSLEYS
ACT BETTER?  It seems very difficult to conceive that there was no way
he could put pressure on them, UNLESS he had to enter into some kind
of binding agreement NOT to interfere.  And THAT I think is what we
want to know, WAS ALBUS PREVENTED FROM INTERVENING?  If so, then the
morals of the situation slide in one direction.  If not, he just CHOSE
not to intervene for whatever reason, then they slide radically in the
other direction.



Living in the US, I cannot say anything about UK rules and regulations reguarding orphans, but here in the US, I know for a fact that certain laws are in place that if an incident happens where both parents die and no will is made out, then the law steps in and dictates that the child be placed with blood relatives before becoming a ward of the state *shudder*.  Given that there are paralells in the WW and the RW, and there is nothing stated thus far by JKR saying that wizards do not adhere to the laws of the RW.  Therefore, legally, Harry would either have to be placed with Petunia, or become a ward of the state, at which time he could be adopted out to whomever.  Better to have some control, if not total control over where the child be placed.  

Tayla