Less than one week after Michael Jackson died complications may arise over his estate. There are also questions over the final resting place of the singer and where a memorial might be erected.

Authorities have already said approvals to bury Jackson at Neverland would require approvals which might take weeks, and the details of the funeral have yet to be finalized.

Even in death, legal maneuvering and rumors continue to surround the mega-star. Rumors and gossip also continued as details of his will were read out this week.

In his will it emerged that singer Diana Ross was a choice of legal guardian to his children should his mother be unable to take them. A spokesperson for Ms Ross, who herself has 5 children, refused to comment.

In a five-page will written in 2002 Jackson gives the entire estate to a family trust, and names his mother, Katherine Jackson, 79, as a beneficiary of the trust and legal guardian of the children.

Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson's two oldest children, has not made a claim for custody, nor has the mother of the youngest child. That woman's name has not been revealed. In further signs of the legal turbulence and Jackson's capacity to attract the bizarre, a London woman filed a rambling, handwritten petition that claimed she had married Jackson in 1970, when he was 11, and demanded his assets, among other things.

The will does not mention Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson's father, whom the singer consistently accused of physically and emotionally abusing him and his brothers in their years performing as the Jackson 5.

Joe Jackson has denied the claims made by his son and has talked in recent days of his desire to find out how Michael Jackson died.

The family is also seeking clarification over issues surrounding the singer's assets and the custody of his children, Michael Joseph Jr., 12, known as Prince Michael; Paris Michael Katherine, 11; and Prince Michael II, 7.

At a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff of Los Angeles County Superior Court scheduled future hearings to sort out "this ball that is all of Mr. Jackson's business dealings."

There is even the possibility that another will surfacing with Mrs. Jackson's lawyer, Burt Levitch saying he did not rule out the possibility of multiple wills.

But if the 2002 will is deemed valid many of the details of Jackson's finances could remain secret.

The value of the estate, mostly in holdings other than cash, is estimated in excess of 500 million U.S. dollars, but the star also carried unspecified debt as his career foundered in recent years, in part over accusations of child molesting.

Although he was acquitted of criminal charges in 2005, he struggled to revive his career and had planned a series of concerts beginning this summer.

Authorities are meanwhile waiting for test results before ruling on Michael Jackson's cause of death. The family have also requested a private autopsy though no results have been released.

The saga surrounding Michael Jackson is likely to continue for sometime even after he's buried.

Source: Xinhua