Michael Jackson's Mom Focused on Kids, Not Control

Katherine Jackson's attorney says his client is not planning to contest the King of Pop's will

Despite her initial bid for control, Katherine Jackson is apparently cool with whatever her son wanted to do with his dough.

Katherine's attorney says the Jackson family matriarch has no plans to contest the substance of the will Michael Jackson had drawn up in 2002. The five-page document appointed two former business associates executors of his estate and stipulated that he wanted his mom to take care of his three children.

The Jackson camp filed documents Friday inquiring whether a future objection to the executors would violate the "beat it" clause the King of Pop included in the will, which would freeze out any heir who contested his wishes.

"Despite false reports, neither Mrs. Jackson nor any of her lawyers has or will be contesting the will," legal eagle L. Londell McMillan said in a statement Monday. "Nor has she decided whether or not to raise any challenge to the appointment of the executors named in the will or whether to seek the appointment of an additional co-executor. Her top priority remains the care of her son's three children."

A hearing scheduled for today to go over guardianship issues has been pushed back to Aug. 3 (same day the estate stuff is due to be hashed out) while attorneys for Katherine and Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of two of Katherine's grandkids) try to work things out privately.

"In the meantime, Mrs. Jackson and counsel continue to collect and review relevant information," McMillan continued.

"We remain in communication with the temporary administrators of her son's estate. In order to preserve her legal options, an application was filed this past Friday with the court to confirm that any possible objections Mrs. Jackson might raise at a later time regarding the appointment of executors would not constitute a challenge to the will itself. It is only fair and she has such a right under the law."

The family hasn't gone into detail on why it might not approve of attorney John Brancas and music exec John McClain (not to be confused with Die Hard hero John McClane) managing Jackson's estate, which has been estimated to be worth roughly $500 million (not including the monstrous debt).

As it is, the will stipulates that Jackson's assets be placed in a private family trust and split among Jackson's children, his mom and a number of charities.

—Additional reporting by Lindsay Miller

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