Paris Jackson Asks Court to Move $600 Million Into Family Trust

Caption: Paris Jackson in a 2021 campaign. Credit: Kadri Koop / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Paris Jackson is asking a Los Angeles court to order a preliminary transfer of $600 million from Michael Jackson’s estate into a family trust benefiting his three children. Her October 29 petition says the trust has not been funded as intended more than 17 years after the singer’s death. Estate representatives dispute her accusations and say unresolved legal matters prevent full funding.

The request is for a transfer to the Michael Jackson Family Trust, not a personal $600 million payment to Paris. The beneficiaries are Paris and her brothers, Prince and Bigi. According to the Los Angeles Times, the filing alleges that the estate has generated substantial cash and revenue while distributions remain controlled by the executors.

The petition says that as far back as 2011, estate administrators indicated they would seek court authority to begin funding the trust. Paris argues that the expected step did not occur and that the beneficiaries remain dependent on decisions by the estate’s manager. She is asking the judge to order $600 million, or another amount the court finds appropriate, moved into the trust.

The estate cites unresolved obligations

The estate’s response, reported by the Los Angeles Times through a statement to People, says several legal matters remain unresolved, including a dispute involving the Internal Revenue Service. Representatives say those issues limit the estate’s ability to fully fund the family trust. They also deny that distributions to the children were improperly withheld or reduced as retaliation for legal challenges.

The filing describes the estate as holding significant assets after years of deals involving Jackson’s music and properties. The Los Angeles Times reported that Paris referenced the sale of Neverland Ranch and a major intellectual-property agreement with Sony as evidence of liquidity. The petition’s figures and characterizations are allegations and financial assertions by a party to the dispute, not findings that a court has accepted.

Funding the trust would place assets under the terms of the Michael Jackson Family Trust rather than leave them entirely in the estate during administration. The three children are the beneficiaries, but a transfer to the trust would not be the same as handing each child one-third of $600 million in cash. A court order would determine whether and how much can be moved while the estate addresses remaining obligations.

The case reaches a new procedural moment

The latest petition follows earlier disagreements over the estate’s management and legal costs. Paris contends that the executors have resisted accountability, while their representatives argue that they have preserved and expanded the assets for beneficiaries. Those competing positions require careful separation; neither side’s legal allegations establish misconduct without a court finding.

A hearing was scheduled for Wednesday following the filing, according to the Los Angeles Times report published November 3. The request remains a proposed transfer of estate assets into a trust for Jackson’s three children, rather than a resolved inheritance payout. The hearing is the next procedural milestone in deciding whether administrators must make a preliminary transfer.

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