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 ...

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 ...

A handwritten or scribbled will signed by the testator is technically known as a holographic will, and many people try to prepare their own wills in an attempt to be frugal. However, are holographic ...

The family dispute over Aretha Franklin’s will has finally been put to rest. After a two-day trial and less than an hour of deliberation, a Michigan jury found that a handwritten document found in ...

During a two-day trial last summer, a Michigan jury concluded that a handwritten note penned by Aretha Franklin in 2014, found in a drawing book beneath sofa cushions in her home, holds legal validity ...

A handwritten will found under the cushions of Aretha Franklin’s couch has been declared valid by a Michigan jury. The “Queen of Soul” died in 2018 at the age of 76. The six-person jury in Oakland ...

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has ...

stockbusters / Getty Images Prepare to be confused. Everyone else was. On Feb. 20, 1963, Carl Chambers signed his handwritten will. This type of will is known as a holographic will and is valid in ...

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