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By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney<\/a><\/p>\n

Unless you have been living under a rock, it is common knowledge that the famed singer and songwriter who called himself Prince, died in April of 2016, at the age of 57. \u3000It is also well known that he died without a written Last Will and Testament. What you may not know but could probably guess is that his family, which mainly includes his siblings and half siblings, are now fighting over who will get his $300 million estate. He had two ex-wives, no (known) surviving children, and his parents had died years before. He does have one full sister, and he has five half-siblings through each of his parents.<\/p>\n

Under Minnesota law, which is where Prince resided when he died, his estate would be divided between his full sister, and his five surviving half-siblings. This is because of the applicable intestate laws and the fact that Prince\u2019s parents are deceased, he wasn’t married, and he has no known children.<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney Unless you have been living under a rock, it is common knowledge that the famed singer and songwriter who called himself Prince, died in April of 2016, at the age of 57. \u3000It is also well known that he died without a written Last Will and Testament. What you may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"\nA Family Fight Over an Estate: Princes\u2019 Family as a Case Study|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have questions about completing your own estate planning, including a Last Will and Testament, we can help. 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