It looks like determining Prince's heirs might have been the easy part.
The six people who stand to inherit the multimillion dollar estate are divided over how to proceed, months after they were identified as heirs and nearly a year after the late megastar's body was found at his Paisley Park complex.
Recent filings in Carver County District Court show disagreements between the heirs about how to use money from the estate — estimated at $100 million to $300 million before taxes and expenses — and who should benefit.
Prince died April 21 of an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl. His heirs are his sister Tyka Nelson and half-siblings Sharon, Norrine and John Nelson, Omarr Baker and Alfred Jackson.
The heirs have filed attorney's fees totaling more than $4 million, ranging from about $340,000 to the firm representing Sharon, Norrine and John Nelson, to more than $1.6 million for the two lawyers representing Alfred Jackson, according to court documents.
Sharon, Norrine and John Nelson filed memorandums arguing against paying the attorneys' fees of the other three heirs, saying they include unnecessary expenses.
Meanwhile, Tyka Nelson and Baker have objected to paying more than $700,000 in attorney's fees and costs to Stinson Leonard Street, the firm that represented Bremer Trust in its former role as special administrator. Nelson and Baker, through their attorneys, argued that Stinson failed to prove the fees — which represent just a month of work — benefited the estate.
Additionally, Nelson and Baker argued, "Stinson has been less than forthcoming" with the heirs since Prince's death, "and caused confusion among various parties."
