Robert Indiana was sued the day before he died alone on a Maine island, and his LOVE estate spent years in court

Indiana spent his last decades in a former Odd Fellows hall on Vinalhaven called Star of Hope^†. On 18 May 2018, the day before he died, the Morgan Art Foundation, which held rights to his images^†, sued in New York. It named his caretaker, Jamie Thomas, and the publisher Michael McKenzie, alleging they isolated Indiana from family and friends and made illegal artworks in his name. Both denied it. Indiana's will left his property to the Star of Hope Foundation to run a museum in his home^†. Morgan accused the estate's executor, lawyer James Brannan, of failing in his fiduciary duties. In September 2020, under the oversight of Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, the estate and Morgan agreed to work together to settle the estate. The remaining assets, estimated at about $90 million, were to pass to Star of Hope. A later filing in New York federal court said the agreement "should fully resolve all claims" between them. The Attorney General said the suit with McKenzie and his company American Image Art was being handled by Star of Hope's lawyers. The outcome of that suit has not been confirmed^†.