Disputes Continue Over Jackson Estate and Public Memorial
Dave Itzkoff
November 17, 2009
The New York Times
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/disputes-continue-over-jackson-estate-and-public-memorial/
Last week, when John G. Branca and John McClain were named the executors of Michael Jackson’s estate by a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles, one estate expert was quoted as saying the decision would ensure “there won’t be any further challenge.” But now the singer’s father, Joe Jackson, is planning to challenge the decision, Agence France-Presse reported. Citing legal papers filed on Friday, Agence France-Presse said that Joe Jackson plans to appeal the appointment of Mr. Branca, a lawyer, and Mr. McClain, a music executive, in the California Court of Appeals. Joe Jackson was left out of his son’s will, and the Superior Court had said he had no standing to challenge it.

On Monday, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city attorney said that the city is still seeking reimbursement for the $3 million that it spent on a public memorial for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center on July 7, The Associated Press reported. John Franklin, a spokesman for Carmen Trutanich, the city attorney, said the city expects repayment from the concert promoter AEG, which owns the Staples Center. “The bottom line is the city attorney’s very committed to recouping the taxpayer’s dollars,” Mr. Franklin said, according to The A.P. Tim Leiweke, the president and chief executive of AEG, has previously said that Mr. Trutanich is trying to bully the company into paying.

Joe Jackson Still Seeks to Dismiss Michael Jackson Estate Executors
November 16, 2009
The Insider
http://www.theinsider.com/news/3070500_Joe_Jackson_Still_Seeks_to_Dismiss_Michael_Jackson_Estate_Executors
“The Insider” has learned that Joe Jackson, the father of Michael Jackson, is still seeking to dismiss the executors of his late son’s estate with a new appeal filed in court. See the papers here!

According to the papers, filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jackson objects to the appointment of John Branca and John McClain as executors of the estate and requests that they be dismissed in an appeal of the final order delivered by the judge on November 10.

Last week, Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff decided that Jackson cannot challenge the executors of the King of Pop’s will or inherit the late star’s assets, according to the Associated Press. The judge said that the 81-year-old Jackson patriarch can follow through with a motion to seek a family allowance from Michael’s estate — but he cannot inherit his late son’s assets because he is not named in the will.