The meaning of beneficiary is a person named to recieve income or inheritance from a will that make her a heir of the 40 percent of the estate: meaning of inheritance" permanent" or valuable possession or blessing esp. one recieved by gift or without purchase, by her being the heir of the 40 percent she owns 40 percent the estate she is a permanet heir given to her by michael jackson her son. the will says the estate go's to the michael jackson family trust in that trust katherine receive 40% of the estate the children recieve 40% of the estate 20% of the estate goes to charity. the lawyers are there only carry out michael wishes.MJ did not give her 40% of his estate, she is beneficiary of 40% of the PROFITS of his estate , he did not leave any assets to katie . did you heard about the judge's response to katie lawyer about mj's memorabilia he told him "STOP ACTING LIKE SHE OWNS IT SHE DOES NOT OWN ANYTHING" not word for word but that's what he said . she will not inherit any assets , her share of the PROFITS goes back to mj's kids once she die and at some time in the future when they reach a certain age they will inherit their father's estate . or 80% of it .
the executors gets 3% on all the deals .
I have a question about the executors. I just read an article that says that both John Branca and John McClain are the executive producers of TII.
Wouldn't this create a conflict of interests?
http://mtvpress.com/2009VMA/release...r_from_michael_jacksons_this_is_it_during_20/
Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. Yes, I think it could constitute a conflict of interest. They will be paid for their roles as executive producers. Don't know if in a salary, or a share of the profits, or what. Steering the estate toward something in which they profit (in addition to what they get as a percentage of the estate's profits), would seem to be not really ethical, if not an outright conflict of interest under the law.
And you think the judge would allow it if it was not legal?
the estate is intangible, it cannot produce its own movie. The representatives of the estate can and do make decisions FOR the estate.
there is no conflict of interest.
I have a question about the executors. I just read an article that says that both John Branca and John McClain are the executive producers of TII.
Wouldn't this create a conflict of interests?
http://mtvpress.com/2009VMA/release...r_from_michael_jacksons_this_is_it_during_20/
sure of course y not BUT if that very family membermesses up and squanderes money, tries to do projects taht are unsavory...what then?Thank you for your response!
So if I understand this right, if randy, or another family member will be appointed as executor, he gets part of those 3%, that means 30.000 if 1.000.000 is brought in by the estate, 300.000 for 10 mil, and so on...
The estate is and will be generating much more than that, as we have seen... so, in my opinion, that might be a reason. This could be another source of income for the family, if after his mother's death, the others don't get anything.
sure of course y not BUT if that very family membermesses up and squanderes money, tries to do projects taht are unsavory...what then?
family should not get involved by being at the table. mj did NOT want that. that's y he had a damn no-contest clause. to prevent this mess....it's rowe and joe who are confusing katherine.
I don't think that this is a conflict of interest. If you remember the court summaries that TMZ did, when they were discussing the movie deal the executors wanted to make sure that the "movie only portrays MJ in a positive light". I guess that they are listed as executive producers so that they can have a say in what footage is included and/ or kept out of the movie.