Joe Jackson wants grant from son's estate

Joe Jackson has reportedly made a legal bid to receive an allowance from his late son Michael's estate.

A petition filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday claims that the King Of Pop financially supported his father for years up until his sudden death in June.

According to Reuters, court papers state that payments made by Michael to his mother and Joe's wife Katherine were passed on to the 81-year-old.

"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," the document reads.

Joe was excluded "without cause and for no apparent reason" when the estate's administrators sought court approval for an allowance to help Katherine pay her expenses, it continued.

The legal action comes as the film This Is It, which charts the run-up to Michael's concert series of the same name, grossed more than $100m (£60.2m) internationally.