Despite their disfavor among estate planners, holographic wills — entirely handwritten by the testator, normally without the aid of a legal "expert" — keep popping up in the news, especially with ...
A judge overseeing the estate of Aretha Franklin awarded real estate to the late star's sons, citing a handwritten will from 2014 that was found between couch cushions. The decision Monday came four ...
While a handwritten will found in the couch of Aretha Franklin was deemed valid by a jury, that doesn’t mean your own scribblings will fare as well. Franklin’s will, which was found in 2019 following ...
Q: I have long considered writing a will and recently completed one. After handwriting it, I stored it in a desk drawer at ...
DETROIT (AP) — A judge overseeing the estate of Aretha Franklin awarded real estate to the late star's sons, citing a handwritten will from 2014 that was found between couch cushions. The decision ...
A barely-legible handwritten document unearthed from Aretha Franklin’s couch cushions the year after her death was deemed to be a valid will by a Michigan jury on Tuesday. Following less than an hour ...