MJ Temporarily Resting At Forest Lawn

A spokesman for the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder said in a statement that Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries is currently Michael Jackson's "rest place."

Spokesman Bryan Hill says that his body was transported back to Forest Lawn following the memorial service at Staples Center.

The Jackson family hasn't revealed any official burial plans so far.

"'Temporary' means the mortuary or the place where that person is sitting is where they will sit until [the Jackson family makes] a diagnosis of what they want to do," Hill said. "If he was to be buried somewhere else, they'll have to show the permit to let the county know they're going to do that.

Once they make that decision, they'll have to file a brand-new amendment, which will change the status of the temporary box, and then they'll announce what they're going to do with the body. At that time they'll file another permit."

Forest Lawn has 10 locations in Southern California, the closest to Staples being the Hollywood Hills site, where the funeral was, and one in Glendale.

Meanwhile, the Jackson family's decision to transport Michael's casket to Staples was in compliance with county ordinances which also stipulated that the body had to be returned to the cemetery, the rest place of record.

"It's just like you taking the body from one church to the funeral site, you can do that," Hill said. "He didn't stay at the Staples Center. Forest Lawn is his rest place. It's just like if you had a parent pass away. You do it at an outside church, then you bring it back to the cemetery."

Forest Lawn spokesman Bill Martin would not share any details, telling that the Jackson family's privacy will continue to trump all inquiries.

Source: MJFC / E! Online