“Does it surprise me that someone passed away before they had their ducks in a row? The answer is never,” said Pat Simasko, who specializes in wills and estates and teaches elder law at Michigan State University College of Law.
Both were discovered in Franklin’s suburban Detroit home, months after her death from pancreatic cancer in 2018 at age 76. Ted White II believes papers dated in 2010 should mainly control the estate, while Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin favor a 2014 document. The dispute is pitting a son against other sons. But under Michigan law, it’s still possible to treat other documents - with scribbles, scratch-outs and hard-to-read passages - as her commands. The Queen of Soul, who had four sons, did not have a formal, typewritten will in place, despite years of health problems and efforts to get one done. An unusual trial begins next Monday to determine which of two handwritten wills, including one found in couch cushions, will guide how her estate is handled. (AP) - Five years after her death, the final wishes of music superstar Aretha Franklin are still unsettled.
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