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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Law - "Jackson’s Will Could Set Off Legal Battle Over Estate"; well duh!
On Nov. 28, 2007, the ILB wrote:
The Brooke Astor estate dispute promises to become the stuff of trusts and estates casebooks, moving along-side the Anna Nicole Smith estate fight. (See this March 11, 2007 ILB entry titled "Anna Nicole Smith bankruptcy and estate issues become law school case studies.")Solomon Moore and Liz Robbins of the NY Times write today's lengthy report on the Michael Jackson will and related matters. The Times makes a copy of the document available here, noting:See also this list of Brooke Astor entries
The 2002 document leaves Michael Jackson's entire estate to a family trust. It names his mother, Katherine Jackson, as legal guardian of his three children and beneficiary of the trust. If she were incapacitated or died, the singer Diana Ross would get custody of his children.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 1, 2009 03:01 PM
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