Debbie Rowe to make a bid for her kids

Michael Jackson’s children are with their grandmother, but maybe not for long. Debbie Rowe says she plans to fight for custody of her two children, Prince, 12, and Paris, 11, with the late star.

“I want my children,” Rowe said during a 90-minute phone conversation Thursday morning with NBCLA’s Chuck Henry.

Jackson’s will left his mother, Katherine Jackson, as the guardian of his children (Prince, Paris and 7-year-old Blanket).
If Katherine died before him or couldn’t serve as guardian, Jackson nominated Diana Ross, according to Jackson’s will.

Last week, Katherine filed a petition in Los Angeles Probate Court for legal guardianship of the children and was granted temporary custody. In her petition, she claimed the children had no relationship with their biological mother (Blanket’s mother is reportedly an unknown surrogate).

A guardianship hearing scheduled for Monday has been postponed until July 13 at the request of attorneys for Rowe and Katherine Jackson.

But on Thursday, Rowe said she would seek a restraining order to keep Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, away from the children. Like Rowe, Joe was left out of the will, though not with the same clearly stated intention to omit)

Rowe also said she was willing to submit to any testing, including DNA to prove that she is the children’s true biological mother. She said she would submit to psychological testing.

“I am stepping up,” Rowe said. “I have to.”