Fees for Harry

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 179382

> Pippin:

> The Potters trusted DD with the Invisibility Cloak, which is 
doubtless
> worth more than everything in their vault, so why not trust him 
with the
> key? 

a_svirn:
Ah, but we know that not only didn't they trust Dumbledore to be 
their secret keeper, but they didn't trust him enough to disclose the 
identity of one. All in all it doesn't look like that they were full 
of trust as far as Dumbledore was concerned. 

> Pippin:
They could have made DD the trustee of their estate and the
> executor of their will, and  given him discretion to appont another
> guardian if Sirius was unable to serve. 

a_svirn:
So he needed a mere trifle – to ensure that Sirius *was* unable to 
serve. Could be. 

> Pippin:
> If it takes thirty days for a wizarding will to go into effect, then
> possibly Sirius never became legally Harry's guardian, and Vernon 
and
> Petunia were appointed quite legitimately. 

a_svirn:
Then WHY didn't they know about, let along administer Harry's 
fortune? Even if they were appointed only as custodians, they still 
would have been given some sort of allowance. Which they weren't. 
Ergo, either they weren't Harry's *legal* guardians or custodians, or 
Dumbledore withheld the money from them. 

> Pippin: 
> I see no reason not to take Dumbledore at his word that the blood
> protection was the main reason for choosing the Dursleys as 
guardians.

a_svirn:
Of course it was. I take it the Greater Good takes precedence over 
legal matters.