Joe Jackson not raising MJ's kids

While Joe Jackson admits that he sees his grandchildren, Paris, Prince I, and Prince II pretty often, he's agreed to butt out of the parental duties when it comes to them and let Katherine do all of the work. He spells it out pretty clear as day in court documents.

I have had a close family relationship with these grandchildren since their birth. I do visit the family residence from time to time and will continue to do so, however I will not be involved in raising the children. I understand that all decision-making authority regarding the children will rest with Katherine Jackson. Katherine Jackson is a wonderful caretaker and guardian, and has done an excellent job raising our children and other grandchildren.

Good thing, because Katherine would probably beat his creepy-faced ass if he even tried laying down some authority on those kids.

Katherine Jackson receives custody of Jackson kids

We've just found out that Katherine Jackson has received full custody of all three of Michael Jackson's three children, Paris, Prince I and Prince II. The kids will stay with their grandmother full time, but Debbie Rowe, who is the biological mother of Paris and Prince I, will be able to have full visitation rights. The agreement hasn't officially been signed in court yet, but it's expected to be today.

Debbie Rowe $4 million

Rumors started flying around early yesterday morning that Debbie Rowe had taken a $4 million buyout from the Jackson family to end her custody battle for her 2 biological children, Paris Katherine and Prince Michael I. By the end of the day, Debbie's lawyer released a statement saying that the info was totally false and she's still planning on battling the Jackson's for custody.

It wouldn't be surprising if it was true, though. Way back in the day when Paris and Prince I were first born, Debbie took an $8 million settlement, plus $900,000 for 5 years, in order to give up her rights of the children and let Michael raise them alone. When MJ was charged with child molestation in 2003, she filed for custody, but then backed off when she was presented with a $4 million settlement. I hope the courts realize this manly lookin' bitch cares about cash more than her kids.

Michael Jackson pics

Check out some never-before-seen pics of Michael Jackson with 2 of his 3 kids, Paris and Prince I. Pics are courtesy of OK! magazine (as if you couldn't tell from the huge OK! all over them)

Michael Jackson update

I threw up a post yesterday about Michael Jackson's children being in limbo and no one really being sure what would happen to them now that their father is dead. I mentioned that Katherine made a formal petition for custody of her three grandkids, and also pointed out the fact that the biological mother of Prince I and Paris, Debbie Rowe, gave up her custodial rights back in the day. I've heard (from my lovely friend Amy Grindhouse) that Debbie never did that.

HOWEVER, later on last night, it was discovered that Michael actually had will, where he said that he wanted his mother to have custody of his kids if anything ever happened to him. On top of that, he left part of his estate to his kids and mother, and also some charities. Now, it's no secret that Michael was in a ridiculous amount of debt ($500 million), but obviously everything involving him now is a novelty. Everyone is rushing out to get his albums, and any Michael merchandise or antyhing used by/related to Michael has skyrocketed in price, so it's actually looking like that debt could possibly be eliminated over a little time.

And a last bit of news -- expect possible one or a few Michael albums to drop after his death. He apparently recorded over 100 secret songs that no one knew about. Not to mention that there's video of him rehearsing for what was supposed to be his farewell tour (which would've started in a couple weeks) at the Staples Center in LA. I heard last night that it's still in the production stages, so expect that to be released and fly off the shelves, too.

What happens to Michael Jackson's kids?

There's a TON of speculation about what's going to happen to Michael Jackson's three children, Prince I, Prince II, and Paris since his death on Thursday. Prince II was conceived through an unknown surrogate, so obviously Michael had custody of him, but the problem more lies with Prince I and Paris. Their mother is Debbie Rowe, who Michael married for a really, really quick time before divorcing her, but Debbie gave up all custodial rights to the children. If Michael has a will or he names where the kids will go in his will, then it's no problem. But right now, it's a three-way battle between Debbie (who suddenly wants the kids), a nanny who has cared for them since they were babies, and their grandparents (Michael's parents Joe and Katherine.)

Personally, I think it's only right they go to the grandparents. I mean, Debbie gave up all rights to them, so obviously she already sucks ass as a mother. A nanny is...well, a nanny. It's only right that they go to Grampy Joe and Grammy Katherine.