Description
Three of the biggest names in American music. Three enormous estates. Three estate planning disasters that played out in court for all of us to see. In this three-part series, we will look at what really went wrong for Prince, Aretha Franklin, and Lisa Marie Presley — and what each story can teach the rest of us about protecting our own families. Each sixty-minute session takes one celebrity and one practical lesson, told in plain English with California-specific guidance throughout. No prior legal knowledge required. Bring your popcorn. Leave with a checklist.
Session 1 — Prince. When Prince died in 2016, he left behind $156 million, a vault full of unreleased music, and not a single piece of paper saying who should get any of it. What followed was six years of court battles, more than forty would-be heirs (including a federal inmate claiming to be his son), and $45 million in legal fees. We will walk through the wreckage and look at what California law would do with the same situation today.
