5 Big Jackson Questions ... Answered!

DCFS investigators would want to make sure that Jackson’s three children “were in a safe place, temporarily or permanently, and would scrutinize any potential person or place before turning any child over to an potential threat,” Cron said

The court could further ensure the security of the children by requesting that the elder Jackson be required to have supervised visitations, either with Katherine or with a minder. Such restrictions could be made in a restraining order or in court orders.

On the other hand, said Cron, the abuse Michael charged his father with “took place, maybe 30 or 40 years ago. People change.”

4. What is the fate of Neverland? Will it become another Graceland?

Neverland sits in cowboy and rich wine country, and the rule of law is zoning, zoning, zoning. The property is principally zoned as a cattle ranch, in an area of Santa Barbara County where many celebrities and wealthy home owners live on weekends. While it sounds like a catchy idea to open the ranch up to fans a la Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis, local officials would never move forward for fear they would be run out of office.

More importantly the infrastructure in and around Neverland, a few miles from Los Olivos and Santa Ynez, could never handle the increased volume of traffic, water and sewer needs demanded by large crowds. There are also not enough hotels to handle the overflow of visitors who would jam the winding two-lane Figueroa Mountain Road that leads in and out of the property. Even now, there is barely enough parking for visitors who are showing up outside the gates to pay homage.

There are, however, two other possibilities for the ranch -- both of which would require zoning changes. The first is to subdivide the 2,600-acre ranch into 260-acre lots -- which actually had been proposed to Jackson before his death by his partners in Neverland, Colony Capital, LLC -- the investment group that bailed the singer out of losing the ranch in a foreclosure sale.

Each lot would likely sell between $2 million and $5 million today, making a possible total of $50 million, a Jackson family adviser told TheWrap -- a staggering figure compared to the $17 million Jackson paid in 1988.

The key to getting this pass, the family adviser said, would be getting local leaders and citizen groups to understand the financial impact such a deal would make to the community. “You would have to get everyone together on this,” he said.

The final plan would be to turn Neverland into a vineyard. There would be water issues because the land is not as suitable for wine growing as, say, Fess Parker’s property across the road, but the agricultural nature of this plan is more in keeping with the agricultural nature of the Santa Ynez Valley.

5. The LAPD is saying there is no criminal investigation into the Jackson’s death.

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