Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood. Broadimage/Shutterstock
Michael Lockwood has filed a brand new petition to turn out to be the guardian advert litem of his and Lisa Marie Presley’s twin daughters amid the Presley household’s will battle, Us Weekly can verify.
In response to courtroom paperwork obtained by Us, Lockwood, 61, filed a movement in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 9. In his petition, the composer requested to signify his 14-year-old daughters’ pursuits within the ongoing property case.
“The minor is a beneficiary of a belief at problem earlier than the probate courtroom,” Lockwood, who welcomed Harper and Finley with Presley in October 2008, mentioned within the courtroom docs of his reasoning for submitting. “The minor requires the appointment of a guardian advert litem to signify her pursuits within the continuing. There is no such thing as a battle concerning the appointment as a result of the proposed guardian just isn’t a beneficiary of the belief instrument at problem.”
Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood, Lisa Marie Presley and Finley Aaron Love Lockwood. Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock
The “Storm & Grace” singer, who was the one little one of Elvis Presley and ex-wife Priscilla Presley, died in January on the age of 54 after struggling cardiac arrest. Lisa Marie is survived by mom Priscilla, 77, and daughters Riley Keough, Harper and Finley, and the latter three are set to inherit her property. (Lisa Marie was additionally the mom of son Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide in July 2020.)
Nonetheless, Priscilla has since filed to contest her solely daughter’s will, alleging {that a} 2016 modification featured an invalid signature. The Dallas alum claimed that she and Lisa Marie’s former enterprise supervisor, Barry Siegel, had been initially co-trustees earlier than the late addition eliminated their names in favor of Riley, 33, and Benjamin, whom the late songwriter shared with ex-husband Danny Keough.
Priscilla, for her half, believes that the 2016 modification was solid, claiming in her January submitting that it was an “invalid modification” as a result of the doc was neither witnessed nor notarized. As Lisa Marie’s will stands, the Daisy Jones & the Six star is the only real trustee of her mom’s property following Benjamin’s 2020 demise. Riley, Harper and Finley are all listed as beneficiaries of the belief.
“Riley is taking cost and poised for an enormous function in the entire household property transferring ahead,” a supply solely instructed Us final month. “She’s been entrance and heart serving to with the funeral preparations, sitting down with Lisa Marie’s individuals to deal with her will, the custody scenario involving [Michael Lockwood], plus caring for the twins and comforting [grandmother] Priscilla and plenty of others her mother left behind.”
Lockwood and the “Soiled Laundry” artist, who cut up in 2016 after 10 years of marriage, had beforehand been concerned in a prolonged custody battle over little one help and joint funds. After Lisa Marie’s passing, the Because the Village Sleeps composer obtained main custody of the twins.
