Pontiac Aretha Franklin’s heirs and the federal government are in line for partial distribution of her sizable estate, according to Oakland County Probate Court records.
The Detroit News has reviewed a petition, submitted last month in the estate case by attorney Reginald M. Turner, that could lead to partial satisfaction of federal claims that the estate owes more than $7.8 million in unpaid taxes between 2010 and 2017. The Queen of Soul died in August 2018 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.
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The total to be paid to the IRS will eventually be determined “by agreement or litigation” according to the petition from Turner, the appointed temporary special personal representative of the Franklin estate.