Lisa Marie Presley's youngest daughters' father requests estate representation.

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In Nashville, Tennessee, during the 2013 CMT Music Awards, Lisa Marie Presley strikes a portrait-taking pose.

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The petition Priscilla Presley filed in January contesting the legality of her daughter Lisa Marie Presley's will was the subject of a court hearing in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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Both Priscilla Presley and her granddaughter Riley Keough,

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an actor and the main heir to Lisa Marie Presley's estate, were absent from the hearing.

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On Thursday, the court took into account an ex parte petition submitted by Michael Lockwood, the father of twins Finley and Harper,

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who are Lisa Marie Presley's youngest daughters, asking to be appointed as their guardian ad litem with regard to their mother's will.

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Lockwood's attorney Scott Rahn declared that he is "ready, able, and willing to protect their interests."

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Riley Keough and Priscilla Presley's legal representatives did not object to Lockwood being named as their guardian ad litem.

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