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Jacksons v AEG Timeline Legal
Jackson family move to get Katherine named as trustee
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 20 July 2009
More Jacko related litigation, and representatives for Katherine Jackson have reportedly now filed legal papers at the LA court in a bid to give the singer’s mother a formal role in overseeing her son’s estate.
As previously reported, Jackson’s most recent will, from 2002, names former business advisor John Branca and record label exec John McClain as executors. The Jackson family initially objected to Branca and McClain taking charge of Michael’s affairs, and indicated another more recent will may as yet surface, but have more recently accepted the two mens’ roles over Jacko’s estate, but requested that Katherine be appointed as a third trustee.
A spokesman for Branca and McLain said last week that the Jackson family had told them they’d apply to the court for Katherine to be given an official role in her son’s affairs, but the spokesman said no official papers had been filed to that effect. Those papers arrived at the court on Friday.
Showbiz411’s Roger Friedman claims that Jackson’s father Joe is actually driving the legal action to get Katherine named as a trustee, wanting to have some influence over his son’s finances, but seeing his wife as the acceptable face of the family.
