Michael Jackson's Will Surfaces

Michael JacksonWe've learned Michael Jackson's lawyer has a copy of the singer's will and he intends to file it with the court.

We're told the Jackson family doesn't have a copy of the will in attorney John Branca's possession. It's unclear how many wills Jackson made but Branca believes it's the most current.

Branca has a long history with Jackson. In 1985, Branca brokered the deal for Jackson to purchase The Beatles' publishing catalogue.

Branca and Jackson stopped working together in 2006 but the singer hired him back just three weeks ago.

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1. 1st! =)

Posted at 1:15PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Annie

2. FIRST!

Posted at 1:16PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Annie

3. Wonder if it says anything about the kids? Katherine didn't do all that great the first time. How old is she, anyway?

Posted at 1:17PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Some Faustkateer

4. WHO CARES.

and if you do...

WHY?

Get a life.

Posted at 1:17PM on Jun 29th 2009 by My Name Is Earl

5. Oh, this is just delightful.

I'm looking forward to seeing what this says in relation to MJ's kids, money, family, etc.

Should be enlightening.

Posted at 1:18PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Pif

6. Hired him 3 weeks ago? Now if a new will was drawn up 3 weeks ago.. that would be very interesting.

Posted at 1:18PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Paul

7. Wow interesting. Three weeks ago, lucky lawyer!

Posted at 1:19PM on Jun 29th 2009 by BigOrange

8. Those Poor Kids...........MADDNESS!!!

Posted at 1:22PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Methylparathion

9. well, as the will surfaces there is hope that this mess will be sorted out in one way or another. has Al malnik spoken to you because of the pics you pilfered? Another question is whether childcare will step in and appoint a legal guardian for the children as long as all is being sorted out....At least we know for a chance that prince Michael II is born on 21 january 2002, this small tidbit has never surfaced before. perhaps other skeletons in the closet will emerge? lots to learn here....

Posted at 1:22PM on Jun 29th 2009 by A.G.

10. why was the king of pop taken from us so soon!!!!!
High maintenance venereal diseases like paris hilton and lindsey lohan still get to breath, wtf!!!? I wish these promiscuous attention whores would drop off the planet.

r.i.p. Michael you will be missed forver!

Posted at 1:25PM on Jun 29th 2009 by juan locdog

11. Good. The will should definitely give guidance for the kids' custody. There must have been godparents named.

As abusive as Joe Jackson was with his own kids, and as Katherine didn't prevent it, they shouldn't get the kids. Debbie Rowe was only the surrogate and shouldn't get them either.

Posted at 1:23PM on Jun 29th 2009 by sensible

12. the poop is about to hit the fan...

Posted at 1:24PM on Jun 29th 2009 by viewer101

13. Well that is good news. I thought I had read somewhere that his family has just retained Michael's lawyer and I thought that would be a conflict of interest. I hope this is legitimate.

Posted at 1:27PM on Jun 29th 2009 by carl

14. Gosh I wonder how MANY wills there are?? I have a feeling he has left will that stretch from US to EUROPE...gosh sounds a little strange to me that he FIRED then HIRED the same lawyer.

Posted at 1:25PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Lala0426

15. It's a shame this will all come down to the almighty dollar, but they are no different then most families in that way I suppose. Joe was a real piece of work, and plugging his "recording label" last night was a joke, seriously how crappy can you be Joe, it's bad enough you are trying to say the cops are trying to cover up a murder so you can't collect insurance, there is a member of the Jackson family that could have died and very few people would have cared, too bad it was the wrong one that passed away.

Posted at 1:27PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Adam

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