DETROIT (AP) — A judge overseeing the estate of Aretha Franklin awarded real estate to the late star's sons, citing a handwritten will from 2014 that was found between couch cushions. The decision ...

When Aretha Franklin—the Queen of Soul—died in 2018, it was widely reported that the singer had no will. Don Wilson, a Los Angeles lawyer who worked for Franklin for nearly 30 years, told The Guardian ...

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(The Conversation) – 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 ...

A barely-legible handwritten document unearthed from Aretha Franklin’s couch cushions the year after her death was deemed to be a valid will by a Michigan jury on Tuesday. Following less than an hour ...

The legendary singer died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76 on Aug. 16, 2018 Questions regarding Aretha Franklin's estate will finally be answered thanks to a handwritten will found under a sofa ...

Despite their disfavor among estate planners, holographic wills — entirely handwritten by the testator, normally without the aid of a legal "expert" — keep popping up in the news, especially with ...

While a handwritten will found in the couch of Aretha Franklin was deemed valid by a jury, that doesn’t mean your own scribblings will fare as well. Franklin’s will, which was found in 2019 following ...