D'apres Friedman, John Branca présentera le testament de Michael Jackson demain au tribunal.
Dans ce dernier Michael lègue tout son empire à sa mère et ses enfants.
Il donne également le seul droit de garde de ses enfants à Katherine.

Aucune mention n'est faite de Joe, du reste de la famille et des nombreux amis et associés du Roi de le Pop.

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Michael Jackson Named Mom His Kids’ Guardian in Will
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Music / By Roger Friedman

Readers of this column have known for days that Michael Jackson wrote a will in 2002. Now I can tell you that he assigned guardianship of his three kids to his mother, Katherine Jackson. He gave his 80-year-old mother the responsibility of raising his two sons and daughter but made no mention of his father.

In fact, Jackson’s will does not mention his father, Joseph, at all. It divides his estate among the children and his mother only, sources say. His brothers and sisters are also not included as major beneficiaries.

The will is to be executed by attorney John Branca, as I first reported several days ago.

The news that Mrs. Jackson was named by Michael means that it was entirely unnecessary for her to go to court yesterday to get a judge to make her temporary legal guardian. Doing that, and jumping the gun, may have been a costly mistake (see below item).

Jackson did not name Debbie Rowe, his ex-wife and biological mother of his two eldest children. Nevertheless, Rowe can exercise her parental rights and possibly overturn the will if she makes that decision.

For Jackson’s brothers and father, their omission from his estate—the will was drawn in 2002—may come as something of a blow. None of the brothers ever attained the success of Michael as an adult. But as one observer pointed out to me, “The brothers have the opportunity to make money now, touring in Michael’s memory.” Good point.

The will should be officially available shortly, but if it stands as I’ve been told, many of Jackson’s friends are left out of it. Waiting to see if there are any bequests would be his long time aide Evvy Tavasci, friends like Miko Brando and Mark Lester, Macaulay Culkin, Elizabeth Taylor, the Dominic Cascio Family of New Jersey, ex and current manager Frank DiLeo, and a handful of loyal employees. Jackson’s trio of handlers from the 80s and 90s—Bob Jones, Bill Bray, and Lee Solters—all pre-deceased him.

Michael Jackson’s beloved 80-year-old mother, Katherine, made what could be a costly legal mistake yesterday in a Los Angeles court.

Katherine Jackson got temporary custody of Michael’s three children (you’ll notice she filed alone and not with her husband of 60 years).

She also filed a claim on Michael’s estate, saying he died intestate, or without a will. But anyone who reads this column knew days ago that Michael had executed a will with attorney John Branca, and that it was waiting to be opened on Monday.

While Mrs. Jackson was in court, Branca was indeed studying the will. I am told it will be presented to the court and filed in the next day or so.

But wait: if Mrs. Jackson gets her way, legal eagles assure me, and the court decides Michael had no will, then Mrs. J gets nothing. Michael’s direct heirs—his three kids—would be the sole beneficiaries.

Whoops!

Source: ShowBiz.com / PMJ @MJFrance

Le testament est en ligne ici:
>> http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0701_mj_will_wm.pdf <<





Roger nous révèle que les testament a été presenté ce matin à la Los Angeles Surrogate Court et que dans ce testament Michael déclare qu'en cas de dècés de sa mère c'est Diana Ross qui aurait eu le garde de ses enfants

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Jackson Will: 8:30am Today in LA
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Celebrity, Music / By Roger Friedman
Tags: Michael Jackson


Michael Jackson’s last will and testament — the existence of which this column exclusively first reported last week — will be entered into Los Angeles Surrogate Court this morning at 8:30am.

As this column also reported first, the will names Katherine Jackson as the legal guardian of Michael’s three children. There are no bequests for anyone aside from the children and Mrs. Jackson. According to sources, it’s a “simple document” and not very long.

More detailed outlining of the childrens’ trusts will not be made public.

The Los Angeles Sherriff’s Department will be applying extra security to make sure the will is delivered and recorded properly.

Diana Ross: Michael Chose Her As Back-Up Mom
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Music / By Roger Friedman
Tags: Michael Jackson

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Stop in the name of love: Michael Jackson, I am told by sources, chose his one and only idol, Diana Ross, as alternate guardian for his three kids.

When Michael’s will is filed today in Los Angeles Surrogate Court, it should reveal the following: Michael Jackson wanted Diana Ross to take Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket if anything prevented his mother from raising them.

It’s unclear if Ross knew this, or when she last saw Jackson. But the ex-Supreme was often incorrectly cited has having discovered the Jackson 5. (In reality it was Gladys Knight and Motown’s Bobby Taylor.)

On the face of it you might say, Diana Ross? But on the other hand, Michael might have had a good idea. Ross has raised a family of five accomplished, achieving and scandal-free children of her own. The eldest, Tracee Ross, has been a successful actress for some time. Rhonda Kendricks Ross is also an actress and singer. A third daughter is married and especting a child. Ross also has two sons by late billionaire Arne Naess.

Jackson’s will, signed in 2002 and prepared by John Branca, his longtime lawyer, should be pretty solid when it hits court. Branca and longtime Jackson pal John McClain are the executors. Branca and Michael split up in the mid 00’s but recently got back together. McClain helped put Janet Jackson on the map with her “Control” album in the 1980s. In 1998 he tried to put together a Jackson 5 reunion CD for A&M Records.

Branca in particular couldn’t be a better choice to protect the rights of Michael’s kids going forward. It was Branca who put together the deal for the Beatles catalog. He also kept Michael out of trouble during his difficult post-1993 years after the Chandler scandal. It was because of Branca that Jackson’s estate will get his master recordings back in five years. That’s a rarity in the music business. Branca also has a special affinity for the rights of musicians. He’s on the board of Musicares, the Grammy foundation that supports indigent musicians.

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