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Is Rowe going to apply for custody?
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 3 July 2009
Back to the will and custody and all that stuff now. Not that there’s much to report, because while NBC says it has an interview with Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe in which she says she will fight for custody of the couple’s two children, her lawyer has again stressed no decisions have yet been made.
As previously reported, there were reports Rowe had vowed to get custody of her two children with Michael, twelve year old Prince and eleven year old Paris, shortly after Jackson’s death, but her attorney quickly issued a statement saying her client’s only thoughts at that time were for the well being of Jackson’s family and all of his children.
Jackson’s will, filed with the LA courts this week, expressly left Rowe out in the cold, not giving her any custody rights to Prince or Paris. Custody, according to the will, lies with Jacko’s mother Katherine, or Diana Ross should anything happen to her.
Following news about Jackson’s will, Rowe apparently spoke to an NBC affiliate and, in a long interview, said she would fight for guardianship of the two children. Responding to allegations reported by TMZ that she wasn’t actually the children’s biological mother, she said she would take DNA tests to prove that wasn’t the case. As previously reported, the gossip site claimed that, while Rowe had given birth to the two children, neither Jackson’s sperm nor Rowe’s eggs were used in conception.
However, despite that interview, Rowe’s lawyer – a different lawyer than the one who spoke last week I think – told reporters: “I am representing to you now; Debbie has not reached a final decision concerning the pending custody proceedings”.
A court hearing to discuss the long term custody of Jackson’s three children had been scheduled for next week, but will now not take place until the following week.
