A lawyer for the family of Michael Jackson said Tuesday that a will had surfaced and would soon be presented in court, as a funeral service began to take shape at the pop star's Neverland Ranch. Attorney L. Londell McMillan said his clients are now aware of the will, and the late singer's advisers are looking for additional documents. The existence of a will, and the likely appointment of an executor, could complicate a petition by Jackson's mother Katherine to become the administrator of his estate. In documents filed in Superior Court, Jackson's parents say they believes their 50-year-old son died without a valid will. Meanwhile, Santa Barbara County officials were in a meeting about Michael Jackson plans, and E! Online reports they are discussing a possible memorial service at his Neverland Ranch. Lt. Butch Arnoldi, a Sheriff's Department spokesman, told E!: “Our guys are meeting as we speak with the California Highway Patrol to discuss the security issues.” Santa Barbara County Fire spokesman Capt. David Sadecki confirmed to The Associated Press that fire officials, California Highway Patrol and county sheriffs officials were meeting Tuesday morning to discuss “the whole Michael Jackson thing.” “The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is willing to accommodate the Jackson family with whatever request they have regarding a funeral procession should they have one,” Sadecki said. Sadecki said he had not yet talked to representatives in the ongoing meeting but expected an update later in the afternoon. Neverland is located in the rolling hills of central California's wine country, about 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Rick Quintero, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol, said the CHP had not received a request for a motorcade as of Tuesday morning. He said if the motorcade crosses through CHP jurisdiction, as it likely would from Los Angeles to Neverland, they would need to be notified. “They would definitely need to notify us because it's going to impact the motoring public. At the point they decide it is going to happen we have to be involved because it's going to impact our jurisdiction,” Quintero said.
