It seems Katherine Jackson and Debbie Rowe have come to an agreement regarding the custody of the two oldest Jackson children, Prince Michael Jackson I and Paris Jackson.  They are the two children that, according to Rowe, she gave birth to so Michael Jackson could become a father.   The agreement will give permanent custody to Katherine Jackson and Rowe will retain her parental rights and receive visitation rights. A child psychologist will attend the initial visits to “supervise the process”.  With all these kids have been through in their young lives it seems reasonable that it will be difficult for them to accept Rowe as their biological mother and to try to understand why she has not been part of their lives all these years.
It has been reported that Paris and Prince have now been told that Rowe is their biological mother.  That raises all sorts of questions.  How is it possible that they never knew this before?  What were they told about who their biological mother was before now?  What effect will this new information have on these children?
Reportedly, Rowe will not be receiving any addition money as part of this custody agreement.  She hasn’t seemed too interested in being a mother to these kids in the past.  So, why she is now? Could there be an ulterior motive that will surface somewhere down the line?  It will be interesting to see how often and for how long Rowe will continue to want to be involved in their lives.
You have wonder if a judge, after considering Rowe’s track record at being part the these children’s lives, would have gone against Michael Jackson’s wishes and granted her custody, anyway.

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ABC News is reporting that Katherine Jackson and Debbie Rowe are working on a deal that would allow them to avoid a custody battle over Michael Jackson’s children.  Evidently Rowe (who has never been part of their lives)  will not fight for the children on two conditions. First, she wants more visitation time which is interesting because she hasn’t been visiting the kids anyway. Her second condition involves Joe Jackson. She wants assurance that he could never be the children’s guardian.
Rumors have been flying as to whether Rowe would seek custody of Prince Michael and Paris.  That would, of course, separate the three children, a very traumatic thing on top of all the rest of the tragedy these kids have endured.
If the information that ABC News has reported is accurate it is the smartest and kindest decision that Rowe could make.  The kids would remain with a family they have known all along.
Guess Joe hasn’t been informed of the “deal” regarding custody.  In an interview on Primetime stated “the kids want to be with (Katherine and I) over here”.  Not sure what “over here” means. Joe and Katherine Jackson have been separated for 10 years and live in different states.  What a horror it would be for Joe Jackson to have any part in bringing up these children.

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Perhaps Debbie Rowe could pull petals off a daisy to make this most important decision.
Rowe, in a phone conversation with NBCLA’s Chuck Henry, stated that she definitely wants custody of the two children she bore for Michael Jackson.  Later, there was an on air phone call from Rowe’s attorney, Eric George, saying that contrary to what she said in the conversation with Henry she was, as yet, undecided.
Her attorney won a postponement of the guardianship hearing which was to take place on July 13.  The hearing has been delayed for at least a week, which will, of course, drag out the final decision of who will be given the guardianship of the three young Jackson children.  As if there wasn’t already enough turmoil in their lives.
According to Henry, after Rowe and Jackson were divorced, Rowe surrendered her parental rights but appealed that decision after Jackson was arrested in 2003 on charges of child molestation.  That would seem to indicate that she may have been concerned about the safety of the children, but evidently she didn’t seek permanent custody of them.  Also, according to Henry, Rowe and Jackson settled out of court in 2006.  Part of the agreement allowed Rowe visitation rights.  She admits that she has seen little of the children over the years.
What will be the fate of these children?  Being separated, with the two oldest going to a woman who they don’t really know?  Even though Rowe states she would be “willing” to take Blanket, too, there would be little chance of that happening.
In his will, Jackson requested his mother be given custody of all three children if she was still alive at the time of his death,  In the event she was deceased, he wanted long-time friend Diana Ross, age 65, to be their legal guardian.  While Katherine appears to be a devoted, loving grandmother and someone the children have spent much time with, her age, 79, raises the question as to how long will she be alive and able to care for them and what happens if that changes?

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Mean lookin' mama

Just when you think there are no more surprises in the Michael Jackson story up pops another one. 
In an article published online by the Huffington Post, Debbie Rowe claimed that Michael Jackson is not the biological father of Prince and Paris.  Rowe says she was artificially inseminated.  She is quoted as saying,”I was just the vessel.  It wasn’t Michael’s sperm.  Just like they stick the sperm up my horse, this is what they did to me.  I was his thoroughbred”…
Rowe claims she will not seek custody of the two children she “vesseled” for Jackson.  She says she knows she “will never see them again-I was no good.  I don’t want these children in my life.  My children are my animals now”.
Are these statements actually for real or are they put together from rumors that are unsubstantiated.  It seems impossible to believe that anyone would actually say these things.  Then again, this is the Michael Jackson story.

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Jackson Kids Masked

Jackson Kids Unmasked

It is plain to see that Michael Jackson’s children Michael Joseph, Jr. 12 or “Prince Michael, Paris Michael Katherine 11, “Paris” and Prince “Blanket” Michael II, 7, have lead far from normal lives.  But, it seems certain their lives are going to become more chaotic.
Jackson and Debbie Rowe, the mother of the two oldest children, were married in 1996.  Rowe was six months pregnant at the time.   The couple were divorced in 1999 and Rowe, after a long custody battle, relinquished all parental rights to Jackson in exchange for, among other considerations, a $1 million home in Beverly Hills.  At one time she stated the reason she had the children was “so he could become a father”.  Further, Rowe was asked in court during the custody trial if she had considered what would happen to the children if Jackson died and her answer was “I’m sure he’s…he has a wonderful person in mind to take care of them”.  Also asked if she understood that she had no right to care for the children she stated, “No. And I don’t want to.  and…not that I don’t love them.  I do.  I think they’re adorable.  They’re his kids.  They’re his kids.  They’re not my kids.  They’re his kids”. That pretty much sums up her position.
”Blanket’s” mother was a surrogate and would have signed a surrogacy agreement.  Surrogacy agreements contain a clause stating the surrogate will not attempt to have any relationship with the child unless the child requests it when at an age to make an informed decision.
There are also questions as to whether Jackson is actually the biological father of the three children.  TV journalist Diane Diamond alledges she knows the identity of the real sperm donor but doesn’t want to reveal the information.  In support of her statement she points to the fact that all three children are fair skinned and blue eyed.
There are three likely possibilities as to who will be given custody.  One would be the Jackson family.  They would be the people the children would most identify, and be identified, with.  If a member or members of the Jackson family are given guardianship of them, the children would remain together which would be crucial to their well-being and sense of stability.
A second possibility would be Rowe.  If she has any legal rights at all, they would only apply to Prince Michael and Paris.  That would mean they would be separated from Blanket, a step a court would be extremely hesitant to take.
The third possibility is that Jackson has named a guardian for his children in his will.  That person, or persons, would be the most likely one(s) to be granted custody of all three children.
These children obviously need to be in a stable, loving home.  The question remains, whose home would that be and how soon would that happen.  Hopefully a quick and amicable decision will be made.

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