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Here is some 'exclusive' video of two days before he died at rehearsal. Just click on the picture BD.
And now this...
Report: Jackson's Ex-Wife Debbie Rowe Says 'I Want My Children'
Thursday , July 02, 2009
Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe broke her silence Thursday and declared she wants custody of the two children she had with the late King of Pop.
"I want my children," Rowe said during a 90-minute phone interview with NBC-LA early Thursday.
Rowe, who married Jackson in 1996 and filed for divorce three years later, told the station she is willing to submit to DNA testing to prove maternity and psychological testing.
She also said she'll seek a restraining order to keep their grandfather, Joe Jackson, away from the children. Michael Jackson had a strained relationship with his father, who he said struck him as a child.
Rowe had initially signed a contract with Jackson surrendering her parental rights, but an appeals court threw out that contract in 2006, ruling that Rowe remained the legal parent of son Michael Joseph Jr., 12, and daughter Paris Michael Katherine, 11.
Rowe retained visitation rights while Jackson kept custody of the children.
RAW DATA: Click here to read the Last Will of Michael Joseph Jackson
Eric George, Rowe's attorney, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
Jackson's youngest child, Prince Michael II, 7, was born to a surrogate mother who has never been identified.
Jackson's will, which was filed Wednesday, put his entire estate in a family trust, and named his mother Katherine as the guardian of his children. Rowe was specifically excluded as a beneficiary in the document, which read: "I have intentionally omitted to provide for my former wife, DEBORAH JEAN ROWE JACKSON."
MORE: Click here to read more on this story from NBC-LA.
Here is some 'exclusive' video of two days before he died at rehearsal. Just click on the picture BD.
And now this...
Report: Jackson's Ex-Wife Debbie Rowe Says 'I Want My Children'
Thursday , July 02, 2009
Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe broke her silence Thursday and declared she wants custody of the two children she had with the late King of Pop.
"I want my children," Rowe said during a 90-minute phone interview with NBC-LA early Thursday.
Rowe, who married Jackson in 1996 and filed for divorce three years later, told the station she is willing to submit to DNA testing to prove maternity and psychological testing.
She also said she'll seek a restraining order to keep their grandfather, Joe Jackson, away from the children. Michael Jackson had a strained relationship with his father, who he said struck him as a child.
Rowe had initially signed a contract with Jackson surrendering her parental rights, but an appeals court threw out that contract in 2006, ruling that Rowe remained the legal parent of son Michael Joseph Jr., 12, and daughter Paris Michael Katherine, 11.
Rowe retained visitation rights while Jackson kept custody of the children.
RAW DATA: Click here to read the Last Will of Michael Joseph Jackson
Eric George, Rowe's attorney, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
Jackson's youngest child, Prince Michael II, 7, was born to a surrogate mother who has never been identified.
Jackson's will, which was filed Wednesday, put his entire estate in a family trust, and named his mother Katherine as the guardian of his children. Rowe was specifically excluded as a beneficiary in the document, which read: "I have intentionally omitted to provide for my former wife, DEBORAH JEAN ROWE JACKSON."
MORE: Click here to read more on this story from NBC-LA.