it's pretty clear ; Joe wants to challenge the will for his personal gain. But he has standing ???
No. The judge already said he has no standing and Oxman filed an appeal. I don't think we have heard the result of the appeal yet.
The people who can challenge the will are
- people who would legally be a beneficiary if there was no will - MJ's children
- people who are beneficiaries (but getting unfair share or have a belief that their best interest is not protected) - Katherine and MJ's kids
- people who have been in the previous wills but left out in the current will - if TMZ's story saying that the 1997 will is the same as 2002 will is true , than it means no other person can challenge it
Three common reasons to challenge the will are
- the person was not in sound mind - this was during Sony protests Michael was widely videotaped during that time he looks lucid and competent.
- undue influence - hard to prove continuing influence for 7 years when people around Michael kept being fired.
- the signature is fake / forged
all the other things mentioned in various threads such as the mistakes in the children's names, the location error, whether Branca was fired/hired etc doesn't make any difference in a court of law. there's a superior court ruling that says as long as the intent is clear those things (mistakes) doesn't matter - technically speaking Michael could have written a will saying that " I leave everything to my 3 little munchkins", as long as people/judge that read it and said "oh he means his kids" . and executors are supposed to be capable people to do such a task - no employment relation is needed.
by looking to another story coming from NOTW (posted in the tabloid section and somewhere in this thread as well) , it looks like they are going with the "signature is fake/forged" argument. Honestly wouldn't that be determined by now?
I'm also trying to find the documents that Oxman was filed for contesting the will. (I would appreciate if anyone that has a link for it can send it to me). If I'm not mistaken in that documents or at a ustream Oxman argued that Joe has valid grounds to contesting the will because if it was invalid Joe Jackson will be at an executor position. However I fail to see how that's possible
- if the executors were stealing/ doing illegal things/had a conflict of interest etc- court will remove the executors and appoint bank of america - that wouldn't invalidate the will.
- if the will is invalid and executors had no role in it being invalid - older will gets probated , once again if executors are the same on that will they'll be executors as well.
- if everything (all wills and trusts) was declared invalid - the court most probably assign an 3rd party executor or a bank - Katherine being an executor and the guardian of the minor children will actually be a conflict of interest. Court would most probably assign a person outside the family to protect minor children's inheritance.
I seriously fail to see what they are hoping to accomplish by trying to invalidate the will and/or remove the executors.