Lisa Marie Presley’s ex-husband Michael Lockwood files documents to represent their twins in court

Lisa Marie Presley’s ex-husband Michael Lockwood has filed documents to represent their daughters in an upcoming court hearing.

Lockwood, 61, wants to represent twins Harper and Finley, 14, in a hearing involving Lisa Marie’s multi-million dollar trust, according to TMZ.

The guitarist – who was married to the late singer from 2006 to 2021 – is asking a judge to appoint him ‘guardian ad litem’ and give him authority to speak on the girls’ behalf.

Presley — who suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on Jan. 12 at the age of 54 — had two life insurance policies, one for $25 million and another for $10 million. The trust has become a major bone of contention for the family, including Lisa’s mother Priscilla Presley, 77, and her eldest daughter Riley Keough, 33.

Priscilla was originally a trustee, but was removed by the star a few years before her death and replaced by Riley. The will includes the rights to the Graceland mansion and a 15 percent stake in Elvis Presley Enterprises.

In a 2016 amendment to her will, Lisa Marie removed her mother as her executor and named her two grown children Riley and Benjamin Keough as her sole heirs. Lisa shared Riley and Benjamin with her first husband Danny Keough, 58. The couple were married from 1988 to 1994.

Benjamin died by suicide in 2020, leaving Riley as sole heir, but Priscilla is now challenging the amendment, which cut her out of the will entirely.

Michael is reportedly aligned with Priscilla on the issue of the trust, which could see them battle it out in court against Riley.

It was also recently reported that Priscilla and Lisa Marie ‘barely spoke’ before the latter’s death after she sided with Lockwood during a bitter custody battle over the twins.

Multiple sources told People that the mother and daughter were not on speaking terms before Lisa Marie’s death, despite appearing at several events together, including the Elvis biopic.

The former couple battled in court until October 2022, and the tension trickled down to Lisa Marie’s daughter Riley.

“Riley was always on her mom’s side when it came to Michael,” a source told People. ‘It bothered her that her grandmother and Michael flew to the funeral together.’

Priscilla also helped Michael wedge himself into the ceremony despite her late daughter’s wishes.

“Michael was not invited,” a close friend of Lisa Marie told the magazine. ‘He came to Memphis under the pretense that he was going to kidnap the twins – and he forced his way in with Priscilla’s help.

‘The last thing Lisa Marie would have wanted was for Michael to be there.’

During the 2019 custody battle, Lisa Marie filed an amendment to her living trust, making Riley and her late son Benjamin her heirs and removing Priscilla and her former manager Barry Siegel as co-trustees.

Priscilla filed a petition to question the “authenticity and validity” of the trust after she claimed Lisa Marie’s signature is “inconsistent.” She filed the petition in a Los Angeles court just days after her daughter’s memorial service.

The grandmother-of-four also claimed she didn’t realize Lisa Marie had changed the trust in 2016 until after her daughter died.

If Priscilla’s petition is successful, she and Riley will be made co-administrators of Lisa Marie’s estate, but neither wants the other’s influence, a source said.

“Priscilla doesn’t want Riley to be solely responsible, because then she has nothing to say. Meanwhile, Riley doesn’t want Priscilla to step in, a source tells People.

‘It is a very sad situation. Riley is shocked that Priscilla is contesting the change, another source said. “They don’t see eye to eye,” said another source. The couple will make their statement in court on April 13.

Michael and Lisa Marie, who is Elvis’ only child, spent years fighting over finances and were still negotiating until her death.

Michael lost his bid in 2016 in their divorce to undo their marriage, but he reopened the case in 2021.

Before her death, they were understood to have shared custody of their children 50/50, with Michael taking care of them with his new wife and Lisa Marie paying $4,600 a month in child support to the guitarist.

However, Radar reported that they recently reached a settlement where she would pay him $6,000 a month.

In a recent lawsuit, Michel claimed that his ongoing legal battle with Lisa Marie over their split had cost him more than a million dollars in legal fees and that he was considering bankruptcy.

He sought $40,000 a month in child support and insisted she had more money than she claimed in court documents.

The final settlement was not made public, but within days of the deal, Michael remarried when he tied the knot with Stephanie Hobgood.

Meanwhile, the twins – who had been living with their mother in their $4 million Calabasas home when she died – have since split their time between their grandmother Priscilla’s house and their father’s home.

The guitarist married Lisa Marie in 2006 and they welcomed Finley and Harper in 2009, but split in 2016 before a bitter divorce battle.