LOS ANGELES (AFP) – – Michael Jackson’s family won temporary custody of the star’s children and applied for control of his estate Monday as the first shots were fired in the legal fight arising from the icon’s death.

A day after a family lawyer said the clan would seek custody of the singer’s three children, a judge named the star’s mother Katherine as temporary guardian after approving a petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

In a separate filing, the family lodged a second petition seeking the right for Katherine to be named temporary administrator of their son’s estate.

News of the legal offensive emerged as the Jackson family met activist Reverend Al Sharpton to discuss plans for a memorial to Jackson.

The star’s father, Joe Jackson, told reporters however that no funeral date would be set until results of a second autopsy out on his son were complete.

“We’re not ready for that yet because we’re trying to wait on something else. We’re searching to see what happened to Michael,” the 79-year-old patriarch told reporters at a press conference outside the family home.

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