But the child services would have a custody hearing of Sirius Lupin and they would bring it up, why he didn’t take custody of Akira after the attack. They would make sure to paint the man in a bad light. And he would have no one else to blame than himself. If they were able to not allow him the custody over his two godchildren, then the Longbottoms would gain custody over John Potter, but Thaddeus and Andromeda Tonks would get custody over the girl since they were announced to be her godparents after Sirius. It seemed like that the Potters didn’t trust the Longbottoms with their daughter.