Michael Jackson's seven-year-old will has been filed in a Los Angeles court, handing his assets to a family trust and naming his mother as guardian of his three children.
The will also names singer Diana Ross as a successor guardian to 79-year-old Katherine Jackson if necessary.
The will, dated July 7 2002, estimated his estate at that time at more than $A618 million — but Jackson has also amassed about $A620 million in debt.
Jackson's former wife Debbie Rowe is cut out of the will, as is his father Joe.
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