Statement In Response To Omitted Child Petition Action for Mrs. Sherri Crichton

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Taylor Crichton filed papers in
the Los Angeles Superior Court to challenge the paternity of Michael
Crichton's eight-month old son, John Michael Todd Crichton, in order to block
him from obtaining his rightful inheritance from his father. Michael Crichton
was in the process of updating his estate plan to include John Michael but was
unable to complete revisions before he passed away. As a matter of public
policy, the law provides for a child when this situation occurs.

Regarding the objections filed by Taylor Crichton to the petition to determine
John Michael's legal rights to his share of his father's estate, Adam
Streisand, partner of Loeb & Loeb and Mrs. Sherri Crichton's attorney,
commented: "John Michael is Michael Crichton's son, and Taylor knows it,
because her father told her so, and she was provided with DNA evidence proving
it." Michael Crichton died while his wife Sherri was pregnant with their son.
Shortly after Mrs. Crichton lost her husband, Taylor demanded proof of John
Michael's paternity. Mr. Streisand said: "Mrs. Crichton agreed to DNA
testing, which she was under no obligation to do, in the hope of avoiding a
public spectacle." Loeb & Loeb engaged the leading paternity testing experts
in the country, DNA Diagnostics Center, to perform genetic testing. Mr.
Streisand commented: "We showed Taylor and her attorneys that it is one
hundred percent certain that John Michael is Michael Crichton's son. Sadly
that wasn't enough for her."

Michael and Sherri Crichton were married in May 2005. In June 2008, Michael
and Sherri each underwent fertility procedures at the Center for Reproductive
Medicine and Infertility at the New York Presbyterian Hospital -Weill Medical
College of Cornell University to become pregnant with their son, John Michael,
by in vitro fertilization. In an effort to keep this private family matter
out of the public eye, when Taylor Crichton demanded proof of her brother's
paternity in connection with the legal proceeding to determine John Michael's
right to inherit from their father's estate - information Taylor Crichton is
not entitled to as a matter of law - Loeb & Loeb engaged the services of DNA
Diagnostics Center, the leading expert in paternity testing in the country,
who determined with certainty that John Michael is the biological son of
Michael Crichton. The testing process and results were shared with Taylor's
counsel on September 30, 2009. Apparently, neither the law nor conclusive
scientific proof of paternity will stop Taylor Crichton from trying to prevent
her brother from receiving his rightful share of Michael Crichton's estate.

To confirm John Michael's rights as an heir of his father's estate, Mrs.
Crichton filed a routine petition with the court to determine John Michael's
right to a share of his father's estate as an "omitted heir." Michael died
before his revised estate plan, which included John Michael, was completed.
Taylor Crichton's litigation will unfortunately and unnecessarily delay
distributions from Michael Crichton's estate to all the beneficiaries.

Media Contact:
Sallie Olmsted/Jason Magner
Rogers & Cowan
310-854-8124 / 310-854-8128

SOURCE Loeb & Loeb

Sallie Olmsted, +1-310-854-8124, or Jason Magner, +1-310-854-8128, both of
Rogers & Cowan, for Loeb & Loeb