Even five years after her passing, the final wishes of the music legend Aretha Franklin remain unresolved. A peculiar trial has begun to determine which of her handwritten wills, including one found in couch cushions, will govern the handling of her estate.

Despite facing health issues and attempts to create a formal, typewritten will, Aretha Franklin did not have one in place. Under Michigan law, alternative documents, even those with scribbles and scratch-outs, may be considered as her directives.

The conflict involves one son advocating for papers dated in 2010, while two other sons support a 2014 document. Both wills were discovered at her suburban Detroit home, months after she passed away at the age of 76 due to pancreatic cancer. The trial is set to occur in Pontiac, Michigan.