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

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 179247

> 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.

lizzyben:

This brings up an interesting question: who was the guardian of the 
Potter estate? The Potters were rich, and they had a bank vault at 
Gringotts. They apparantly left everything to their son, but if he 
was a minor, the estate would be administered by a guardian until 
Harry came of age (assuming WW estate is anything like real world 
estate). The personal guardian is usually authorized to use money 
from the estate to provide for the care of the child, and is often 
the guardian of the estate as well. So, if Sirius was the appointed 
guardian, he should've had access to the Potter's bank vault, and if 
he was the guardian of the estate, he should've had the 
responsibility to manage the Potter's money for Harry's benefit. 
Sirius should've had the key to the Potters' vault.

But then, in SS, HAGRID actually has the key to the Potters' bank 
vault. How'd that happen? Presumably, Hagrid got the key from 
Dumbledore. Now, how would Dumbledore get the key to the Potters' 
bank vault? He's not a blood relation, he's not their heir, he's not 
the guardian. I wonder if DD "inherited" the Potters' key the same 
way he "inherited" the Potters' invisibility cloak - just ask to 
borrow it shortly before the murders, and no one's there to ask for 
it back. But DD had access to the Potters' bank vault for eleven 
years. And in all those years, DD never once withdrew some money to 
provide for Harry's care. 


lizzyben