Posted Nov 6th 2009 4:06PM by TMZ Staff
Joe Jackson claims there was "no justification" for him to be excluded from getting money from Michael Jackson’s estate … and now he’s asking a judge to grant him a monthly allowance.

Joe just filed papers in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming he’s "entitled to his own independent family allowance."

In the docs, Leonard Rowe — a guy who claims to have been MJ’s manager — says Michael used to give his mother Katherine up to $60,000 a month to live on, and that Michael instructed her to give half of it to Joe.

Joe claims Michael’s estate has "earned more than $100 million dollars in the first seven (7) weeks following Michael Jackson’s death" and is "well able to afford a family allowance for Joe Jackson."

Joe says he has $15,425 in total monthly expenses, including the following:

– $2,500 eating out
– $2,000 for air travel
– $3,000 for hotel bills
– $1,000 for groceries
– $1,200 for rent
– $50 in charitable contributions