Some Dumbledore ranting/ some Sirius WAS: Re: Harry as godfather

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 179229

> Alla:
> 
> To me it is not even that, although I agree with you a_svirn, 
> Dursleys are clueless about those issues.
> 
> It is more that they were not GOING to claim any guardianship even 
> if they were entitled to it. I mean, I said many times, I believe 
> that as aunt Petunia owed Harry to help him - simply by the issue 
of 
> being a relative and that is how I was taught family members should 
> behave - help each other at the time of need, etc, etc.
> 
> BUT there is no doubt in my mind that Dursleys wanted NOTHING to do 
> with Harry till Dumbledore imposed Harry on them.
> 
> To make a RL analogy again, if the guardianship was heard in court, 
> I believe Sirius' claim would be pretty much uncontested by anybody.
> 
> Well, unless Dumbledore would forcibly bring Dursleys to court and 
> under Imperius directs them to claim it. IMO of course.
> 
a_svirn:
Yes, certainly. But my point is that even if their claim 
were "indisputable" they don't come across as Harry's legal 
guardians, because they do not administer his fortune. They are more 
like hired governors then guardians, and not even hired properly, 
come to that. They were forced to assume a responsibility over a very 
rich child indeed, and yet expected to provide for his upbringing. 
That's hardly fair by any standard, let along legal. Not to mention 
that if Dumbledore had at least arranged some regular payments toward 
Harry's upkeep, they would have probably treated him much more 
decently.