Don't give Joe Jackson a cent

"Mr. Jackson’s circumstances require a family allowance because he is 81 years old and Michael Jackson supported him in the same manner as his wife, Katherine Jackson, who was Michael’s mother and who the court granted a family allowance on October 2," says the petition.

SHOOT: Don't think MJ would agree that he wants to support Joe in the same manner as his mother.

clipped from www.eyewitnessnews.co.za Joe Jackson, the elderly father of late pop star Michael Jackson, on Friday filed a court petition seeking an allowance from the singer’s estate, saying his son had supported him for many years. Joe Jackson says his expenses exceed $20,000 per month, but his income from U.S. Social Security is a mere $1,700. In his will, Michael Jackson left his estate to a family trust benefiting his three children, mother and charities. When the estate’s administrators sought court approval for an allowance to help Katherine Jackson pay her expenses, they excluded Joe Jackson "without cause and for no apparent reason," according to the petition filed on Friday. A declaration accompanying the filing states that in the early 2000s, Michael Jackson paid Katherine Jackson roughly $50,000 a month and that amount grew to $66,000 per month later this decade.