Aretha Franklin's sons battle over handwritten wills 5 years after her death

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Aretha Franklin's sons battle over handwritten wills 5 years after her death
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“This can be settled any time, on the steps, halfway through trial,” he said. “And hopefully it will be. Going to a jury trial is a war.”Franklin was a global star for decades, known especially for hits like “Think,” “I Say a Little Prayer” and “Respect.” She was treated like royalty in death, her body transported in a 1940 Cadillac hearse to a Detroit museum where thousands of people visited in August 2018.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

“The interesting thing here … is her legacy and the management of her legacy and her royalties and the operation of the Aretha Franklin business in the future. That’s huge,” Simasko said. “Two inconsistent wills cannot both be admitted to probate. In such cases the most recent will revokes the previous will,” Charles McKelvie, a lawyer for Kecalf Franklin, said in a court filing in favor of the 2014 document.

“If you’re sitting there on a Sunday afternoon and you start handwriting your own wishes, the law allows it as long as the rules are followed: It’s in your handwriting, it’s dated and it’s signed,” he said.

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