The Latest Breaking News from Aretha Franklin

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A handwritten will in a spiral notebook found wedged between couch cushions months after Aretha Franklin’s 2018 death is valid, a jury in Pontiac, Michigan, has decided. The July 11, 2023, verdict ended a yearslong legal dispute among three of the soul singer’s four sons over which of three informal…

Queen of Soul’s sons went to court over which handwritten document showed their mother’s wishes.

The Queen of Soul’s sons are split on who will control her $18m fortune, Josh Marcus reports

Franklin’s sons have disputed which version of their mother’s will is valid following the singer’s 2018 death.

Dispute between late star’s 2010 and 2014 wills pitted sons against each other

After less than an hour of deliberation, the jury ruled that the handwritten note found at Aretha Franklin’s home can serve as a will

Jurors in a Michigan court have begun deliberations in a dispute over the final will of music superstar Aretha Franklin

Three of Franklin’s four children are disputing the validity of documents left by the late singer in 2010 and 2014