Judges rule James Brown’s final partner isn’t entitled to estate
Judges at South Carolina’s Supreme Court have ruled James Brown’s final partner is not entitled to a share of his fortune because their marriage was not legally binding.Tomi Rae Hynie has been fighting for a cut of the Godfather of Soul’s estate ever since his death on Christmas Day in 2006, even though it was his dying wish to leave nearly all of his assets to a children’s education foundation to fund scholarships.Hynie, who had a son with Brown, maintained the couple’s 2001 nuptials were legal, even though she was still married to another man at the time.The South Carolina judge overseeing the estate battle previously decided she was the star’s legal wife as her ex-husband had committed bigamy, therefore voiding the union and paving the