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 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 ...

(The Conversation) – A handwritten will in a spiral notebook found wedged between couch cushions months after Aretha Franklin’s 2018 death is valid, a jury in Pontiac, Michigan, has decided. The July ...

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 ...

Writing your own will can be treacherous. Your choice of words is binding – the court cannot redraft your will to vary or add ...