PRINCE: Minnesota judge officially names Prince's six siblings as heirs to his estate
Carver County District Judge Kevin Eide ruled that since Prince died without a will, his sister, Tyka Nelson, and five half-siblings are his heirs. There are still people appealing to higher courts after they were rejected as possible heirs, and Eide said in his ruling that if the courts send those cases back to him, he’ll still consider them.
The judge had said in a previous order that he wouldn't declare the siblings as heirs until all the appeals have been decided. But the siblings lawyers claimed that further delay would have increased costs for the estate.
The estate is estimated to be worth around $200 million, and federal and state estate taxes are expected to take about half of that.