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Michael Jackson's former doctor lost a bid in a California court to resolve a child support issue that threatens his Nevada medical license.

A Santa Clara County Superior Court commissioner rejected a bid Thursday by attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray to obtain a court order relieving Murray of an obligation to pay about $16,000 in back child support to the mother of his 12-year-old son.

Authorities in Las Vegas had said that if Murray got the California court order, Nevada would stop efforts to revoke his medical license for failure to pay.

A hearing is set June 25 before a Family Court hearing officer in Las Vegas.

Murray told police he administered the anesthetic propofol to Jackson for insomnia. Murray has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star.

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Dennis Hopper's estranged wife and daughter can live on his property while the couple resolve their bitter divorce case and the actor fights prostate cancer, a judge ruled Monday.

Superior Court Judge Amy Pellman also ordered the actor to pay $12,000 a month in spousal and child support.

Hopper, 73, did not attend the hearing but was repeatedly described by his attorney as "desperately ill."

Hopper's three adult children from previous marriages attended but did not speak.

Pellman sternly told both sides they needed to come together during what appeared to be Hopper's final days.

"It's never one-sided," Pellman said of the family turmoil. "There needs to be street-cleaning on both sides of this street."

The judge noted the couple's 7-year-old daughter is about to undergo the traumatic loss of her father and the rhetoric should be toned down.

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A court commissioner will consider setting a trial date in a case that will determine whether Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt gets sole possession of the club, or if his wife is declared a co-owner.

Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon is scheduled to listen to arguments on Tuesday on when the trial in the couple's ongoing divorce dispute should begin.

The attorney for McCourt's estranged wife, Jamie McCourt, believes the trial will happen later this year or early next year. Frank McCourt's attorneys are pressing for a quick resolution.

Frank McCourt has argued that a marital agreement signed in 2004 gives him the rights to the Dodgers, while his wife gets the couple's six homes and one condominium. She maintains that she is the team's co-owner.

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Relaxing at five-star hotels. Jet-setting around the world. Eating at top restaurants.

While most people can't comprehend or even dream about that kind of opulence, former Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt says she wants her first-class lifestyle back and believes it will take nearly $1 million a month to do so.

Whether her estranged husband, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, will have to pay temporary spousal support could be determined at a hearing Monday in Los Angeles. Both Jamie McCourt and Frank McCourt are expected to attend.

The couple is embroiled in a costly divorce dispute with the Dodgers possibly hanging in the balance. Jamie McCourt maintains she is the team's co-owner, while her husband argues a marital agreement between the two gives him sole possession of the Dodgers.

A trial on that issue was tentatively set for May 24 but a new date may be set on Monday.

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