Jury Decides 2014 Document Found in Aretha Franklin’s Couch Is a Valid Will

Jury Decides 2014 Document Found in Aretha Franklin’s Couch Is a Valid Will
Aretha Franklin performs during the 85th annual Christmas tree lighting at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Dec. 4, 2008. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo
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PONTIAC, Mich.—A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons against each other.

It’s a victory for Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin whose lawyers had argued that papers dated 2014 should override a 2010 will that was discovered around the same time in a locked cabinet at the Queen of Soul’s home in suburban Detroit.