The legal fighting among the children of Martin Luther King Jr. has grown so complicated that two Fulton County judges are disagreeing over how the civil rights leader’s heirs may attempt to settle their differences.

The issue came up last week in separate cases that essentially pitted King’s two sons, Dexter King and Martin Luther King III, against their sister, Bernice King. All are on the board of the Martin Luther King Jr. estate, which is controlled by the sons and is suing the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, which is headed by Bernice King.

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