Multiple handwritten wills were found in Franklin’s home in 2019. Two of Franklin’s sons would like a 2014 will to be honored and are up against their brother, who wanted to uphold a 2010 will.
A jury in Michigan has ruled that a note handwritten by the late soul singer Aretha Franklin is valid as her will, according to The Associated Press.
In 2019, Franklin’s niece found three handwritten documents around the singer’s home in suburban Detroit. One, dated 2014, was found underneath a couch cushion.
Two of Franklin’s sons, Kecalf and Edward Franklin, argued through their lawyers that they wanted the latter note to override a separate will written in 2010.
