CHASKA, Minn. — A Minnesota judge said Friday he’ll try to rule quickly on whether state law entitles a purported niece, grandniece and nephew of Prince to press their claims to shares in the late rock superstar’s estate.

Attorneys for Prince’s siblings said at a hearing that the purported family members’ claims should be rejected because they’re not Prince’s blood relatives, which they argued is required under a 2010 rewrite of the state’s probate code. But lawyers for the would-be heirs cited a 2003 Minnesota Supreme Court decision, which they said is still valid, in arguing they don’t need a genetic link.

Carver County Judge Kevin Eide is expected to declare that Prince’s sister and five half-siblings are legal heirs to his estate, which is worth an estimated $100 million to $300 million. But he first must decide whether purported niece Brianna Nelson, her niece, Victoria Nelson, and purported nephew Corey Simmons count as heirs.

By The Associated Press