A jury has ruled that a document found in Aretha Franklin's couch is a valid will. Hear about it at Urban Legends and Stranger truths. A Michigan jury has ruled that a 2014 document, which was found in Aretha Franklin's couch after her death, is a valid will to her multimillion dollar estate. A two day trial pitted the late Queen of Soul's children against each other in a battle over two handwritten versions of the singer's final wishes