Jackson’s Children Want to Stay With Grandma

Michael Jackson’s three children – Michael Joseph Jr. (12), Paris Michael Katherine (11) and Prince ‘Blanket’ Michael II (7) – say they want to stay with their grandparents, and most specifically their grandmother, according to sources close to the Jackson family.

The source added that the now fatherless children will continue to live with grandmother Katherine Jackson at her Encino home while the family grieves for the loss of 50-year-old Michael. The family – who are expected to fight for custody of the children, should a court battle ensue – are “100 per cent behind this,” and feel that they are the “only people” who can help the children understand the person their father was and teach them how to deal with the scrutiny of the press.

The children are “healthy,” the source said, but “miss their daddy.”

Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of the two eldest Jackson children, has never had a relationship with them, but is expected to serve the Jackson family with a custody suit all the same. Rowe gave up sole custody of the children to her ex-husband for an annual payment of $750,000, though she has given every indication that she will fight the Jacksons for custody of Michael Joseph Jr. and Paris Michael Katherine.

The source stated that the wish of the children to remain in the care of their grandparents will be “crucial” in any custody battle with their biological mother.

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