Article: Who's likely to get custody of 3 Jackson children? Close Up.(News)

Byline: Maura Dolan; Los Angeles Times

Michael Jackson's former wife, Debbie Rowe, is most likely to receive custody of the two children she bore when she was married to the pop star, legal experts said Friday.

Although Rowe initially waived parental rights to the children, she later changed her mind, and an appeals court ruled she was the legal mother of Prince Michael Joseph Jackson, 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11.

"When a child has two legal parents and one of them dies, the other takes custody," said University of Southern California law professor Scott Altman.

To gain custody, other relatives or individuals designated in ...

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