In this vlog, Attorney Justin M. Kennedy discusses Aretha Franklin’s unsettled estate, which, five years after her death, is going to trial due to the discovery of two different handwritten wills.
Note: A jury in Michigan has ruled that a handwritten will found under Aretha Franklin’s couch cushion is valid as her will, according to the Associated Press.
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