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Michael Cohen speaks about various problems in connection with estate planning – famed singer James Brown’s estate was recently settled after 15 years of litigation between heirs, the "spouse" and whether there was bigamy and the termination rights to James Brown’s songs under federal copyright laws, the decision that actress Elizabeth Hurley’s son was not entitled to trust funds even though the trust said "grandchildren" and he is a grandchild (he just was born out of wedlock and didn’t live with his father) and basketball legend Kobe Bryant’s mother-in-law suing for $1.5 million and financial elder abuse based on a supposed verbal statement of the deceased that when he sold a home that he owned that she would get the proceeds for helping raising his children. She also wanted overtime pay.