. The petitions filed by Branca and McClain in July , and later approved by Judge Mitchell Beckloff , outlined $ 26,804 in monthly expenses for Katherine Jackson . The largest amount from that , $ 4,722 , pays for an assistant for her . Another $ 3,500 each month is budgeted for clothing for Katherine Jackson , who is 79 years old . She 's also given $ 2,000 each for a housekeeper and driver . She has a $ 1,500 entertainment allowance each month , the documents said . The details of the children 's budget are mostly blacked out at their lawyer 's request . Margaret Lodise told the judge there was concern someone could use the financial information to pose as one of the children online . She told CNN the family was aware of people posing as Jackson children with Twitter accounts . The documents did reveal the three children get a combined $ 60,000 a month from their father 's estate . They pay $ 14,600 a month for salaries and payroll taxes for people who take care of them , according to the petition . Michael Jackson 's children get $ 13,260 each
LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson 's mother and his three children receive an allowance totaling more than $ 86,000 a month , according to court documents released Thursday . Michael Jackson 's estate provides $ 86,000 a month for Katherine Jackson and her grandchildren . The money given them by the Michael Jackson estate is in addition to the maintenance of the home -- which is owned by the estate -- in Encino , California , where Katherine Jackson lives with her grandchildren , the papers said . The Los Angeles County judge overseeing the probate of Jackson 's will ordered that the petitions for their monthly allowance be made public -- although with some details removed . Those papers were released Thursday . Katherine Jackson was granted custody of her son 's three children soon after Jackson 's June 25 death . She and the children were named beneficiaries , along with unnamed charities , in Jackson 's 2002 will . Control of the estate 's assets , however , was given to lawyer John Branca and John McClain , a former music industry executive . Jackson named them as trustees in his will