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【英文原文】
Clarity Coming On Michael Jackson Estate
摘要：圍繞已逝流行歌王麥克爾•杰克遜(Michael Jackson)的諸多相互糾纏的事務有望在本周早些時候接近厘清。美國法庭周一將召開一場聽證會，屆時可能會決定誰將有權力處理杰克遜的財產。
The tangled affairs of Michael Jackson could move closer to resolution early this week, with a court hearing scheduled for Monday likely to determine who will have power over the late pop singer's estate.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles police were bracing for an expected flood of people attempting to attend the singer's memorial service on Tuesday.
The hearing, in Los Angeles Superior Court, is to address whether decisions about Mr. Jackson's property and business should made by executors named in his will or by Mr. Jackson's parents, Joe and Katherine. The will names as executors two longtime friends and business associates of Mr. Jackson: lawyer John Branca and record executive John McClain.
Until Judge Mitchell Beckloff decides who is in charge of Mr. Jackson's business affairs, people close to the situation said, no one is authorized to take action, for instance, against people hawking unauthorized T-shirts and videos without paying royalties to Mr. Jackson's estate. Last week Judge Beckloff gave Mrs. Jackson limited authority over some of her son's personal property.
L. Londell McMillan, a lawyer who worked briefly for Michael Jackson who says he now represents the parents, has made public comments and court filings that appear to question the validity of the 2002 will. But privately family members have told associates that they approve of the plans laid out in the will.
