Michael Lockwood Named Official Guardian Of Twins He Shares With Lisa Marie Presley Amid Estate Battle
15.04.2023 - 02:11
/ etcanada.com
In an unsurprising development following the death of Lisa Marie Presley, full custody of the 14-year-old twins she shared with Michael Lockwood has been officially granted to their father.
Lockwood was appointed as the guardian ad litem to daughters Harper Vivienne Ann and Finley Aaron Love on Thursday, with no one opposing the arrangement in court, ET has confirmed. Neither Lisa Marie’s mother, Priscilla Presley, or her 33-year-old daughter, Riley Keough, were in attendance for the hearing, which was held in a Los Angeles court regarding Lockwood’s petition to represent the twins in the family’s ongoing trust battle.
The musician’s lawyer, Scott Rahn, said he was “ready, able and willing to protect their interests” before judge, Lynn Healey Scaduto, granted the request, as per People.
When Scaduto asked if Lockwood had preexisting relationships with any of the parties involved in the case, Rahn noted that they were all on good terms, despite a source previously telling People that he wasn’t invited to Lisa Marie’s funeral because his presence was “the last thing” she would have wanted.
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“Lockwood has a good, collegial, familial relationship with all of the parties involved,” Rahn told the judge. “He is not only legally bound but also morally bound to protect [the twins’] interests.”
The legal move comes amid contention surrounding Lisa Marie’s estate.
In February, two weeks after Lisa Marie’s death, Priscilla filed paperwork challenging a 2016 amendment to her daughter’s will, which removed Priscilla and Lisa Marie’s former business manager, Barry Siegel, as co-trustees and named Riley and her brother, Benjamin Keough, as