[HPforGrownups] Sirius' heir and Kreacher

[Kathryn]

No: HPFGUIDX 125624

Eggplant

In book 5 Sirius complains that he has far too much time on his hands
and he is on the Ministry's most wanted list AND a member of the Order
of the Phoenix, both extremely dangerous organizations to be a member
of; so it would seem prudent of him to make out a will, and Harry is
the obvious one to leave everything he owned to. Who else, Snape?
 
K

And of course during that time he just wandered into a solicitor's office
and got them to draw him up a new will ... The only way he could have made a
new will was if he did it himself and assuming wizarding wills work
similarly to muggle ones, and we don't know they do but if they don't then
we have no idea how they work and any speculation is completely pointless
with no evidence at all to go on, then he needs someone to witness his
signature - which means as soon as the will is made public then someone will
want to know why the person witnessing his signature didn't inform the
Ministry that they were keeping company with a wanted criminal. I can't
think of any way in which he can have made a legal will *that can be made
public* without someone getting into trouble over it.

And in answer to whoever it was who said that even if Kreacher is tied to a
family he would go to Harry if Harry was Sirius' heir - being someone's heir
does not make you family. No matter what Harry and Sirius felt on the matter
Harry can't become a blood relative. So *if* Kreacher is tied to the Black
family then Harry can't inherit him because he's not a Black and never will
be -Kreacher would go to Narcissa (if the Order are very unlucky) or
Andromeda (if the order catches a lucky break). And as for Kreacher going to
Narcissa not being very interesting - you don't think someone who has spent
an entire year in a house with members of the Order of the Phoenix coming
and going, including Professor Snape, suddenly being in the hands and under
the direct control of the wife of a Death Eater is interesting? I think
Harry, Albus and Severus might find it a darn sight *more* interesting than
they want.

K

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