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Why a handwritten will found in Aretha Franklin's couch got R‑E‑S‑P‑E‑C‑T from a jury

  • Written by Reid Kress Weisbord, Professor of Law and Judge Norma Shapiro Scholar, Rutgers University - Newark
Why a handwritten will found in Aretha Franklin's couch got R‑E‑S‑P‑E‑C‑T from a juryA battle over the superstar's estate landed in court.Charles Sykes/Invision/AP

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 11, 2023, verdict ended a yearslong legal dispute among three of the soul...

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