Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, passed away in 2018, but her estate is still in flux, pitting her sons against each other.
This week, a Michigan jury ruled that a handwritten document found in her couch after Franklin’s death is a valid will. It is a victory for Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin, whose lawyers had argued that papers dated 2014 should override a 2010 will which was discovered around the same time in a locked cabinet at the Franklin’s home in suburban Detroit. "I’m very, very happy.
I just wanted my mother’s wishes to be adhered to," Kecalf Franklin said. "We just want to exhale right now. It’s been a long five years for my family, my children." Franklin did not leave a formal, typewritten will when she died at 76.
The handwritten documents were found in a notebook in the couch after a search for records in the home by her niece. On Tuesday, the jury voted the 2014 notes were valid, agreeing it was signed by Franklin, who put a smiley face in the letter "A" in her name.
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