Aretha Franklin's death shocked the world in 2018 as it was unexpected and many fans from all over the globe looked up to her. The following year after her demise, a handwritten document was found under her couch cushions which many believed to be her will.
More recently, it has been decided whether the unearthed barely-legible document is legal.
According to the New York Post, a trial in Oakland County Probate Court took place along with six persons in the panel.
The panel ruled in favor of the musician's two children Edward and Kecalf, who insisted that the note was their mother's legal will before she died.
Teddy Richards Arguing That the 2010 Version Should Be the Will
Aside from the two, another son named Teddy Richards, has also been fighting in the court that a different document from 2010 should be followed.
The will reportedly contains all Aretha Franklin's plans for her estate, properties, and many more. At the time of her death, the Queen of Soul's estimated worth $80 million.
The reason why both parties were confused was because, Franklin never had any formal typwritten will before she passed away.
In the 2010 of the note, Teddy Richards was named as the executor of the estate and noted that one of the two other siblings needed to study business admininistration before they inherit any money.
"I'm very, very happy... I just wanted my mother's wishes to be adhered to," Kecalf said, adding, "We just want to exhale right now. It's been a long five years for my family, my children."
Aretha Franklin Is 'Speaking From the Grave' Through 2014 Will
It was revealed that the 2014 note was found in a spiral notebook under a couch cushion at Aretha Franklin's house in Detroit, Michigan.
The lawyers for the two brothers have been insisting that the few pages of papers are still considered a will.
"Says right here: 'This is my will.' She's speaking from the grave, folks," Edward's lawyer, Craig Smith. said.
According to AP News, the legendary musician died in Detroit on August 16, 2016. At the time, the singer had been battling pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer. Franklin was 76 years old at the time of her demise.
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