How did Sirius get the Grimmauld Place?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 131667

> 
> Juli replies:
> 
> The way I see it, only a BLACK could get the Black
> Family fortune, as Sirius is the Last Black. You say
> that someone may challenge it, say Narcissa Malfoy or
> Bellatrix Letrange, they may have Black blood but none
> of them are Blacks, they changed their last names, so
> legally they aren't Blacks.
> 
> Let's think who knows that Sirius' got 12GP: DD and
> the OoP, HRH, the Malfoys, the Letrange, and other
> DEs, right. If any of them claimed that Sirius had
> taken tha Black house and fortune they would be in
> trouble with the MoM because: 1) They know where a
> fugitive is hidding and they haven't told the MoM, 2)
> How did they find out if they aren't on LV's side?.
> 
> Sirius may have started to live at 12GP only during
> OoP, but he owned it long before that, since his
> mother died (8 years ago?) he was the rightful owner
> of the Black estate, so why would anyone challenge it
> years after that? If Narcissa or Bella wanted the
> house they could have challenged it years ago when Mrs
> Black died, not now.
> 
> Juli

Finwitch:

At any rate, it was Sirius' father's. Not his mother's. When did 
Sirius' father die? Was that ever said? Did Sirius (who certainly did 
NOT get along with his mother) leave, at 16, before or after his 
father was dead?

At least it's clear that Sirius' father died first... and he was the 
one who put all possible protections on the house (and Sirius 
apparently knew all of them). I wouldn't be surprised if any other 
than the Blacks (Sirius, Regulus & their parents) wouldn't be able to 
even find the 12 GP without invitation.

Aside from that, well... Regulus is dead. The place *may* have been 
property of that Uncle of Sirius' who supported Sirius in getting his 
own place and left to Sirius by means of a will or whatever. Note 
that it was Mrs Black who disowned Sirius - the Uncle who supported 
Sirius may well have discredited that... and now that Sirius has 
blasted everyone who wasn't already blasted...

As to who inherits Sirius -- I'm positive that Harry gets everything 
in Vault 711. (I'd imagine that Sirius *may* have declared it a 
shared account between him and Harry, so that doesn't even go to 
inheritance court. Or left it to Harry/Remus Lupin in a magically 
binding will. You know, like a magically binding contract)

As for Malfoys to have a claim (Bella is ALSO a convicted fugitive to 
WW, along with her husband - so she can't.) They could have noticed 
the matter in a clock...


Finwitch