When Aretha Franklin passed away in 2018, her family and lawyer initially thought she had died without a will. But earlier this year, three handwritten wills were found in Franklin’s home in Detroit. Two from 2010 were locked in a cabinet and one from 2014 was found hidden under a couch cushion. Franklin’s attorney filed the wills in probate court without knowing whether they were legal under Michigan law. One of Franklin’s sons questioned whether she actually wrote the wills…
