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KING FAMILY DOCUMENT DISPUTE CONTINUES: It may take months, maybe years, before the personal papers of the late Coretta Scott King becomes public
The legal family feud over control the hundreds of boxes of documents Ms. King left behind, including letters to and from her late husband, civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., appears far from over.
The article states that a Fulton County judge has given the Rev. Bernice King and her brother Martin Luther King III, until Jan. 8 to turn over 80 boxes of their mother's personal documents to the court. Their attorney, Charles Mathis, said last week they will abide by the order.
In November, a judge ordered that Bernice King and Martin Luther King III begin producing the documents - 80 boxes at a time. Before the judge's order, the Kings had produced some boxes, but many of them contained other belongings of Coretta King's and not just documents.
The legal dispute between the siblings started in July, 2008 when Bernice King and Martin Luther King III filed suit against their brother, Dexter King, who heads King Inc., the family corporation that controls the intellectual property rights to their father's work.
In that suit, Dexter King's brother and sister accused him of misappropriating company funds and hiding financial documents from them. In August, Dexter King countersued, accusing his brother and sister of obstructing the goals of the King Center for Nonviolent Change and of misusing the center's name and facilities.
Who legally controls Coretta Scott King's personal papers is at the center of the legal dispute. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III argue that Dexter King should not be the sole decision-maker in how the documents are used.
For the full article log onto http://weturl.com/3274/ (Source: The Atlantic-Journal-Constitution)
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