Questions surrounding Aretha Franklin's estate are thankfully being answered now as the courts ruled her handwritten will as valid. When the singer died in 2018, she was thought to be without a will. But thanks to a handwritten will that was found in her sofa, her family is finally getting answers.
When Aretha died of pancreatic cancer, she was 76 years old. Due to her not having a will at her time of death, her sons were left in a dispute over her possessions.
The handwritten will was found by Aretha's niece in her Detroit home. It was presented in a probate court trial on Monday, along with another handwritten document found in a locked cabinet in 2019.
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According to the Associated Press, the document allowed Aretha's son, Kecalf Franklin, and her grandchildren to inherit her home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
“I’m very, very happy. I just wanted my mother’s wishes to be adhered to,” Kecalf shared. “We just want to exhale right now. It’s been a long five years for my family, my children.”
