BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Less than one week after Michael Jackson died complications may arise over his estate. There are also questions over the final resting place of the singer and where a memorial might be erected.

    Authorities have already said approvals to bury Jackson at Neverland would require approvals which might take weeks, and the details of the funeral have yet to be finalized.

Pop star Michael Jackson rehearses for his planned shows in London at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California in this handout photo taken June 23, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters, File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    Even in death, legal maneuvering and rumors continue to surround the mega-star. Rumors and gossip also continued as details of his will were read out this week.

    In his will it emerged that singer Diana Ross was a choice of legal guardian to his children should his mother be unable to take them. A spokesperson for Ms Ross, who herself has 5 children, refused to comment.

    In a five-page will written in 2002 Jackson gives the entire estate to a family trust, and names his mother, Katherine Jackson, 79, as a beneficiary of the trust and legal guardian of the children.

    Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson’s two oldest children, has not made a claim for custody, nor has the mother of the youngest child. That woman’s name has not been revealed. In further signs of the legal turbulence and Jackson’s capacity to attract the bizarre, a London woman filed a rambling, handwritten petition that claimed she had married Jackson in 1970, when he was 11, and demanded his assets, among other things.

    The will does not mention Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson’s father, whom the singer consistently accused of physically and emotionally abusing him and his brothers in their years performing as the Jackson 5.

    Joe Jackson has denied the claims made by his son and has talked in recent days of his desire to find out how Michael Jackson died.

    The family is also seeking clarification over issues surrounding the singer's assets and the custody of his children, Michael Joseph Jr., 12, known as Prince Michael; Paris Michael Katherine, 11; and Prince Michael II, 7.

    At a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff of Los Angeles County Superior Court scheduled future hearings to sort out "this ball that is all of Mr. Jackson’s business dealings."

    There is even the possibility that another will surfacing with Mrs. Jackson's lawyer, Burt Levitch saying he did not rule out the possibility of multiple wills.

    But if the 2002 will is deemed valid many of the details of Jackson’s finances could remain secret.

    The value of the estate, mostly in holdings other than cash, is estimated in excess of 500 million U.S. dollars, but the star also carried unspecified debt as his career foundered in recent years, in part over accusations of child molesting.

    Although he was acquitted of criminal charges in 2005, he struggled to revive his career and had planned a series of concerts beginning this summer.

    Authorities are meanwhile waiting for test results before ruling on Michael Jackson’s cause of death. The family have also requested a private autopsy though no results have been released.

    The saga surrounding Michael Jackson is likely to continue for sometime even after he’s buried.

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Jackson's will leaves out former wife

    LOS ANGELES, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The 2002 will of Michael Jackson, filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, leaves his former wife, Deborah Rowe, out of any inheritance.

    "I have intentionally omitted to provide for my former wife, Deborah Jean Rowe Jackson," the will states. Full story

Lawyer: Jackson's will found

   BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhuanet) -- A will for Michael Jackson has been found and is expected in court soon, a lawyer for the family said as reported by media reports Wednesday. 

   The word came just a day after the family said in court documents it believed the entertainer had died without a valid will. That could complicate a petition by Jackson's mother Katherine to become the administrator of his lucrative, but debt-encumbered estate. Full story

Mother of Jackson's children contemplates legal battle for custody

    LOS ANGELES, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The mother of Michael Jackson's two older children was contemplating a legal battle for custody, while funeral details were still not announced for the pop superstar who unexpectedly died on Thursday at his Los Angeles home. Full story

Jackson's mother named temporary guardian of his children

   LOS ANGELES, June 29 (Xinhua) -- A Los Angeles judge on Monday named Michael Jackson's mother as temporary guardian of his three children, four days after the pop star unexpectedly died at his rented estate.

   Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff approved the appointment of Katherine Jackson, 79, based on a petition of guardianship by her for the children. A hearing in the case has been scheduled for Aug. 3 in Los Angeles Superior Court. Full story

No painkiller before Jackson's death: lawyer

   LOS ANGELES, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Pop icon Michael Jackson's doctor did not inject a powerful painkiller into the singing star just before his death, the doctor's lawyer said in remarks published on Sunday.

Michael Jackson fans gather near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, June 28, 2009. Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but whose musical genius was overshadowed by a bizarre lifestyle and sex scandals, died on Thursday. He was 50. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    "There was no Demerol. No OxyContin," asserted lawyer Edward Chernoff in an interview posted on the Los Angeles Times' Website. Full story

Funeral plans for Michael Jackson pending after autopsy

Fans mourn during a candlelight gathering for Michael Jackson in Shanghai June 27, 2009.   (Xinhua/Reuters photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    LOS ANGELES, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Funeral plans for Michael Jackson were pending on Saturday, one day after an autopsy on the body of the former "King of Pop," who died on Thursday unexpectedly at a Los Angeles hospital.

    The body of the 50-year-old singer was released to his family by the coroner's office Friday night after the autopsy, which took about three hours. But announcement of the cause of death has been deferred pending toxicological tests, which take four to six weeks, officials said. Full story

Autopsy under way to determine cause of Jackson's death

    LOS ANGELES, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles coroners began an autopsy on Friday to determine the cause of U.S. pop star Michael Jackson's death as rumors spread that he might die from a drug overdose as well as heart attack.

    Jackson, who was 50, was pronounced dead Thursday afternoon at the Medical Center of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). He was in full cardiac arrest when paramedics rushed him to the hospital. Full story

Michael Jackson dies at 50 in Los Angeles

    LOS ANGELES, June 25 (Xinhua) -- American pop icon Michael Jackson was announced dead here Thursday at a hospital after suffering a heart attack at his rented home in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

U.S. pop star Michael Jackson performs "We are the World" during the World Music Awards at Earl's Court in London November 15, 2006.  (Xinhua/Reuters file photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    The 50-year-old former "King of Pop," whose musical achievements were overshadowed later in life by his often-eccentric behavior and accusations of lewd behavior with young boys, died when he was preparing for a series of London concerts, which might be his last performances on stage. Tickets to those concerts are already sold out.  Full story

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