Estate of Michael Jackson
Jackson's last will was filed by the attorney John Branca at the Los Angeles County courthouse on July 1, 2009.[1] All assets are given to the (pre-existing) Michael Jackson Family Trust (amended March 22, 2002),[2] the details of which have not been made public.[3] The guardianship of his three children is given to his mother, Katherine, or if she is unable or unwilling, to singer Diana Ross.[9] In 2016, Jackson's estate earned $825 million, the highest yearly amount for a celebrity ever recorded by Forbes.[10] In 2016, Forbes estimated annual gross earnings by the Jackson Estate at $825 million, the largest ever recorded for a celebrity, mostly due to the sale of the Sony/ATV catalog.