Working out the details
Exactly how things are going to go down with Michael Jackson’s will is still anybody’s guess. Much of the legal details are in debate. Katherine Jackson is being quite vocal in her desires to be consulted on the final descisions regarding Jackson’s estate. MTV has this article on the subject:
Katherine Jackson is simply looking for “a seat at the table” in all matters surrounding her late son Michael’s estate, according to her attorney.
On Tuesday, reports surfaced that Katherine had hired attorney L. Londell McMillan to challenge the authority of the two men her son named “co-executors” of the Michael Jackson Family Trust in his 2002 will, a move that had sharply divided the family and had many speculating that Jackson’s father, Joe, was attempting to grab control of the Jackson estate.
But in an interview with TMZ published early Wednesday (July 22), McMillan said that his client had no intention of challenging Jackson’s will, but as far as executorship was concerned, “She deserves a seat at the table, minimum.” Read on…
Of course, this “co-executive” situation is supremely strange. Was Michael Jackson pressured into that idea? Maybe we’ll never know.