Doesn't sound right. He asked the courts approval.
The question came up fairly recently. Some writer brought up that Michael was the one who dragged in the law, and the background info seemed right. But I'm foggy on details. If it matters, we should go find the info. Not tonight, thank you :-)
I'm siding with T'wit on this one. Michael asked the court's permission because it wasn't legal to do it when he first sought to remove it. Until then, the court was not involved. Michael is the one who initiated the legal proceedings. At least this is how I look at it.