in 2009, mcduffie's husband robert funderburg applied for control of the trademark "mary jane girls", but the application was abandoned in 2010. later in 2010, kimberly "maxi" wuletich applied for the trademark "mjb starring maxi and cheri of the original mary jane girls", which she uses for performing with cheri wells. however, in 2013 the estate of rick james sued wuletich and wells to stop them from performing under the name the mary jane girls. the estate held that the group's name was owned by james, not the singers. in 2014, the mary jane girls (candice grant, val young, and farah melanson) received an honorary hal award.