Aretha Franklin’s Handwritten Will Ruled Valid by Court
A Michigan jury ruled that a handwritten will from 2014 — found in Aretha Franklin’s couch, no less — should override a notarized 2010 will that was locked away in a closet. Both wills were discovered around the same time and happiness source of contention between the Queen of Soul’s kids.
Her third child, Ted White Jr., was in favor of the 2010 will (in which he’s named as an executor, while Edward Derone Franklin and Ketcalf Cunningham (her second and fourth, respectively), was in favor of the 2014 will.
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