Michael Jackson's Will Filed

Jackson's 2002 will cuts out ex-wife Debbie Rowe and leaves his children to his mother.

Michael Jackson's 2002 will was filed Wednesday in Los Angeles court, ABC News reports. The will gives his entire estate to a family trust but cuts out his former wife Debbie Rowe.

The seven-year-old will estimated Jackson's estate at more than $500 million at the time and gives it entirely to the Michael Jackson Family Trust.

The documents said that the estate consisted of "non-cash, non-liquid assets, including primarily an interest in a catalogue of music royalty rights which is currently being administered by Sony ATV, and the interests of various entities."

According to the Associated Press, the will gives guardianship over Jackson's three children to his 79-year-old mother, Katherine Jackson.

Jackson's longtime lawyer John Branca and John McClain, a music executive and family friend, were named as executors to the will signed on July 7, 2002.

In court documents Monday, the family said it believed Jackson died without a valid will. In response, Judge Mitchell Beckloff granted Jackson's mother temporary guardianship of the children and control over some of her son's personal property that is now in the hands of an unnamed third party.

USA Today reports that singer Diana Ross is named in the will as a successor trustee to Jackson's mother, if needed.

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