Sirius' heir and Kreacher - there's a will and a way

[dorothy willis]

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>Kathryn:
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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.<

Are holograph wills still valid in England?  They were up through the 1930s, for I have seen them mentioned in mystery stories.  This would solve the problem.  To quote one web site, "The holograph will must, however, be entirely written and signed by the hand of the testator. It cannot be written with a form, a typewriter or a computer. Witnesses are not required for this type of will. Moreover, it is preferable to date the will although this is not an essential condition to its validity."

Dorothy