Court paper says Jackson died "intestate"
                                 29 June 2009 @ 07:46 pm  EDT
                                               
                         The parents of Pop  icon Michael Jackson claimed Monday in court papers that their son died  "intestate", meaning he left no valid will.
 
                            In the papers,  Michael's mother Katherine Jackson requested the court allowing her to  serve as administrator of Michael’s estate and as custody of her son’s  three children.
 
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Monday approved the  appointment of Katherine Jackson as 
temporary guardians of her son's  three children, 
but not for estate, according the Associated Press  reports.
 A hearing has been set for August 3. In a written petition to  the court, Katherine says that she "intends to marshal assets of  (Michael Jackson) for the exclusive used of (Michael's) three  children--her grandchildren-- after payment of debts and expenses of  administration."
 "Given the nature and extent of the descendant assents, it  would be difficult if not impossible to quantify their value at this  time," she claims in the papers.
 Michael Jackson has three children, Prince Michael, 12, Paris Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7.
 The first two are Jackson's children from his ex-wife Debbie Rowe and the third from an unidentified surrogate mother.
 In court papers, Joe and Katherine Jackson said the children had "no relationship with their biological mother".
 It is unclear whether Rowe may also seek custody.
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