Okay, and so?

[mickeym]

I keep seeing all these headlines that go something along the line of "Jackson's will leaked, ex-wife snubbed", or words to that effect.

And...so? I mean, why would his ex-wife be named in his will? His kids, sure. Friends, family, whatever. But, like, I don't expect Doug to name me for anything in HIS will, and I'm pretty sure neither my mom nor dad will name the other in their wills... So does it have to be headline-type news?

I just don't GET it.

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[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Supposedly she signed over her parental rights, so I don't know how that would work. Regardless, I think it's rare that a former spouse gets mentioned in a will as a recipient of anything, other than possibly as a trustee for the child/ren involved. So that's what I found so incredibly bizarre--that the media is treating it as if he actively DID snub her, when in fact... it's a big lot of nothing. Just the media being stupid and sensationalist as they've been all year.

[cormallen.livejournal.com]

Google News informs me (WHY ON EARTH AM I READING IT, YOU MIGHT ASK, AND RIGHTLY SO) that a court in 2006 let her appeal the parental rights waiver, but then there was a settlement with an undisclosed pay-out? OR SOMETHING? Again, I repeat, wtf am I reading this... *facepalm*