Michael Jackson’s mother is being paid more than $86,000 a month by the late singer’s estate.

The money covers her living expenses and the expenses of the King of Pop’s three children, legal papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court today reveal.

Katherine Jackson will receive $26,804 a month for her expenses.

In addition she will control an extra $60,000 a month for food, clothing, education and entertainment for the children – sons Michael Jr, 12, and Prince Michael, seven; and daughter Paris, 11.

The estate began paying the allowances last month, retroactive to the singer’s June 25 death. According to a budget for Katherine Jackson, the family matriarch’s monthly expenses include salaries for a housekeeper ($2,080), driver ($2,000), as well as $3,500 for clothing and $1,000 for grooming.

According to the papers, Jackson’s estate is estimated to be worth more than $500million.

Jackson’s father and siblings are not mentioned in the court papers.

The administrators’ lawyers said “no individuals other than the minor children and Mrs Jackson are entitled to a family allowance in this estate”.

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Michael Jackson’s parents have hired private investigators to probe the death of the pop king.

Despite a multi-agency probe mounted by US authorities, the Jacksons are clearly seeking answers of their own.

Katherine, 79, and Joe, 80, are considering wrongful death lawsuits, according to an exclusive report.

But the focus of the Jacksons’ concern appears more and more to be AEG, the tour promoter for Jackson’s last 50 concerts set to play out in the UK.

Joe maintains Jackson wanted to do ten shows only, not 50. As court hearings into Jackson’s estate unfold, Katherine’s lawyers are poring over the AEG paperwork.

They have refused to sign an agreement barring use of the contract in legal proceedings. Jackson’s personal physician, Conrad Murray, under suspicion in the manslaughter probe, was employed by AEG on £90,000 a month.

A source said: “Joe has been obsessed with AEG’s role from the start and wanted to see the contract. Joe didn’t trust them and told Michael. He is adamant he only agreed or wanted to do ten shows and was pressured into doing more.”

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Katherine Jackson is said to have had heated discussions with Michael’s brother, Jermaine, who wants the singer to be buried at the ranch where he lived from 1988 to 2003. Charges of child molestation made against the singer and police raids are believed to have caused him to leave.

Katherine believes that Michael would not wish to be laid to rest there for the same reasons that he did not want to live there.

A source close to Katherine said: “Michael left Neverland for good, never to return. He felt violated by law enforcement after his molestation trial. He felt this place he had built had been tainted.”

Jermaine said: “This is his home, he created this. Why wouldn’t he be here? I feel his presence. And I love that. I want my mother to come back here and feel what I feel. He built this place with love and you can see it and feel it.”
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