WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MICHAEL JACKSON’S KIDS?
According to Brian Oxman, a lawyer to the Jackson family, Michael Jackson’s kids Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince “Blanket” Michael Jackson II, will most likely be placed in the care of his mother Katherine Jackson.
“Probably Mrs. Jackson will take care of them, she loves them dearly,” Oxman tells RadarOnline.
“Everyone is crying and it’s very sad,” he added about the scene at the hospital where Michael was pronounced dead yesterday.
Oxman also reveals that Jackson’s three kids were in the house when the ambulance took their dad away.
Grace Rwaranda: As can be expected, Michael Jackson’s children were loved by many. One such person was their nanny Grace Rwaramba. According to ABC news, ” A battle for Michael Jackson’s three children began brewing between the children’s nanny and grandmother just hours after the pop singer was pronounced dead Thursday, according to a Jackson biographer and family friend.”
Grace Rwaramba, 42, is the nanny who has worked for Jackson for nearly twenty years until his untimely death on June 25th,2009. In 2006, Grace and Michael were rumored to have gotten married. The rumors turned out false but one thing is for sure: Grace was an integral part of Jackson’s life.
”Michael’s wishes were known. He wants Grace to have the kids. They love her,” reveals Stacey Brown, an old family friend.
”If the kids had the choice,” Brown said, “I think they’d pick Grace.”
Debbie Rowe: Debbie Rowe is the biological mother of Prince Michael Jr., 12, and Paris Katherine, 11. Debbie signed off all her rights as a parent in 2001 but sources say that she will probably try to regain custody of her kids.
61 Comments to “WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MICHAEL JACKSON’S KIDS?”
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I truly hope there will not be a nasty custody battle over the children. Im sure this is already hard enough for them as is. Considering the age of Katherine Jackson, it might be best for the kids to remain with the nanny who has cared for them since birth..with of course, his family having full and regular visitation. I would hate for them to go with grandma and then she passes away before they reach adulthood, then they would bounced around yet again.
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dear fans, had you ever consider this possiblity,just pounder it for a moment. here is a man who dropped out of site and then popped back in the world talkinh about a tour. simply because he needed money for billions he owe’s. set a 13 tour gig that turns into a 50-tour gig. sales are mad! crazy.he cant really do this,dont want to disappoint his fans and return the money,owes million did i say that! what better graceful way out..than to fake your own death and go back to a muslem way of living as ‘mikaeel and ever body is happy, the promter,lawyer and his family will stay reserved! they always have been, jermaine will speak as he always has been,no coroner will fined the true reason for his death, no one will question to see a actul body,have you seen how the was musem can make you look? come on people think..this is a brillant man a icon,he is not stupid….
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First let me say RIP MIchael for all the music u left us. To Cornetta ur about as ignorant as the day is long, did you read over what you wrote. Do you have any accomplishments you would like to tell us about! Seems like your heart is made of stone
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Elvis isn’t dead either… Come on people ,I know we don’t want him to be dead.. but if he is broke how would he have enough money to bribe the paramedics , the hospital staff, the police and the coroners’ office?
There is too much of a possibility of a leak somewhere there. If Mike was going to fake his death he’d have to be lost sea or something like that.
What I truly wonder is do his parents have any legal rights since these are not really his biological children.. they definitely do not look biracial and he did not legally adopt them.
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they are too his kids just because they don’t look like him and their skin looks pale doesn’t mean they ain’t his, paris looks like Latoya, Prince looks like his great grandfather and Blanket definately looks like Michael, and apparently you are crazy so get some help
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I feel the same way. MJ is a brilliant man. I seen the news conference he gave announcing his tour. The man at the podium was not MJ the teeth are wrong the complexion is wrong. I’ve been a fan of MJ all my life. I watched all the music videos look at the teeth. My husband thinks i’m crazy but look back at the photos and the videos and compare the teeth,the voice was even different. What really stuck to me was it seemed so calculated,the announcement MJ had a lung disease,then the This is it tour!,then going into cardiac arrest with a Doctor there. The man is an unstoppable force. I cannot and will not believe MJ was hooked on perscription drugs,When in 1984 he was commended by the President Ronald Reagan for his charitiable work with drug and alcohol addicts. The man was a health nut. Look at his concerts and videos, nonstop energy. Do you know what kind of physical conditon you have to be in to sustain such energy.His physical conditon is on par with Lance armstrong. If he is indeed gone we lost a grat man,entertainer,icon and may he get the peace indeath that he did not get in life.
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Please people…unfourtunately. MJ is death. God blessed him! Stop saying that things!!!!!!
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Well Cornetta, you’re stupid for saying that! You’re thinking too hard, hunn !!
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i agree KayJay, makes so much sense and sounds so logical compared to some of the crap i’ve been reading. This is such a sad time for them as well and i dont think people are paying attention to that. They just lost their everything, not even 3 days ago. I feel so so sorry for those babies. They’re babies and the last thing they need is bickering and confusion over their benefit. God be with them.
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I heard on the news that they’re mother is going to take custody of paris and princh micheal I, but what about Banket?
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Wow…I don’t know what to make of this issue on who will end up with custody of Michael’s children.
I know that his own mother Katherine loves them and will take care of them but isnt she nearing 75 years old?
I mean if she too were to pass while trying to raise Michael’s kids wouldnt that be extra devastating to them?
As for the nanny…I don’t know…perhaps.
As for Debbie Rowe…even if she tries to get custody of Prince and Paris, she has no legal rights to Blanket.
I wonder who Blanket’s mother is?
Wow…this is all so crazy.
I pray that Michale left a will stating his wishes of who will raise his children.
Those kids don’t need to go through this…they need stability in thier lives more than ever now.
God bless and watch over those babies.
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The nanny cannot claim michael’s children unless Katherine decideds to give them to her …the family has the claim to the children first…and although the oldest two children are not mikes biological children they are still his kids…if the nanny takes katehrine to court she will loose…Im sure that One of michaels siblings will take in the children.lets not forget that he has 8 of them.
secondly debbie rowe cannot get custody because she signed away her parental rights TWICE…once when they were born.and a second time after she took mike to court she was granted custody again.But signed away her rights after mike gave her more money..Debbie rowe is unfit she sold her children no court is going to give her custody.Also blanket is not her child he is the product of a surrogate and michael’s sperm.That is why he has darker skin and hair and black features.what will happen to him .I hope the kids are not seperated
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All three are his biological children, both women were artificially inseminated. Those kids look mixed, bi-racial children come in different complexions depending on Genes. If there is no legal document stating Michael’s wishes the children go to the family, and Debbie Rowe signed away her parental rights which means she has the same chance of getting those children as a stranger off the street zero to none only if the family doesn’t want to take them in which I doubt, and even if so then the nanny would get them.
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blanket is mixed the mother is black
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can’t Jermaine take the kids? i mean, sure the nanny has been there for a while, but it’s weird not having the kids with family. they are Jacksons, they have to stay with their blood… Grace could still be the nanny.
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Jermaine can’t even afford to take care of the at least 4 children of his own that he has right now!
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I thought he had 8?
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He has 7 for sure. 8 if you count this Dawn girl whose mentioned on the internet but I’ve never heard him mention her so I think it’s 7.
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i hope they go with family…. its juss so sad michael has left us our music will nvr be the same.!
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I would like to see Janet get them. SHe has her own money so their inheritance wouldn’t be an issue with her. It would be awful for someone to want them for their money.
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I was wondering if janet woul get them…she seems pretty stable, I just wish for the best <3
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The question is…Would Janet want the kids?? I think not. If she wanted kids, she would have had kids. If she did not want to HAVE them, she could also have gone the surrogate route. She’s not even married to the man she’s been with FOR YEARS. Does she or any of the other family have any kind of relationship with the kids??? Debbie Rowe basically sold them. She DOES still have parental rights, but she gets a hefty check to let him have full custody. NOT ANYMORE!! But separating the kids would also be horrible for them. The whole family is pretty messed up. God I hope LaToya stays out of the custody stuff. Katherine is too old (75) to raise those children-even with a nanny, too old to make appropriate decisions for chilren! But where the kids go…the money goes(whatever money is left). If the nanny knows them, loves them and they chose her..that would probably be best for them. But not likely. No matter what he did, I am sure the kids will get the rawest of deals!
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If I am not mistaken Janet has a child when was 20ish.
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I’m not sure which state was considered Michael’s permenant address but I would think that the laws of the state decide who gets the kids. In most states since Debbie has given away her rights the kids would go to Katy, she would be considered next of kin closest to Michael. Unless Debbie has had signifiicant contact with the kids within the last 10 years. The nanny wouldn’t be able to keep the kids since she is not next of kin. Unless Michael requested the nanny to keep the kids in his will. All states are different though…………..
I just hope that all the kids stay together and EVERYONE keeps their main focus on whats best for the children. Such a tragedy my empathy goes out to the Jacksons.
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i agree with keepin it real i will like janet to get them also
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Jermaine I hope not!!! This is the same strange brother who married and had children by his own sister-in-law! Out of all the women in the world Jermaine just had to marry his brother Randy’s wife!!!
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oo god poor kids we can all see this is going to be a fight over the kids because whoever Gets the kids gets the money
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oo god poor kids we can all see this is going to be a fight over the kids because whoever Gets the kids gets the money..
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No court is going to give custody of those children to a nanny.
Although it would be silly to not have her be a part of their life.
I don’t think Michael has any money but the potential to make money based on his songs and image is huge.
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I agree unless Michael stated otherwise the children will not go to the nanny. However to imply he is broke is crazy. Broke to Michael is not the same as broke to us. I think his left them fine financially.
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Poor Babies!
I wonder how the kids took it?
The most sad part about it is that he died in the same house his kids were playing in, God Bless The Jackson Family, and others who’ve know Michael throughout his years of Pop. You will be truly missed by adoring fans, You are not alone anymore, He’s in a much better place than our society today. My Condolences go their family, and I hope that the kids (especially) can cope with the lost of their father.
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well the nanny is basically their family
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TMZ is now saying that Debbie Rowe may get custody because she did not give up her rights and she will definitely want the children because of the money invovled
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There is no money involved, what ever is left in his estate goes to his debt, and being a biological parent you don’t get assistance with your own children as you would if you adopted.
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Just reading Debbie’s interview would have me saying they shouldn’t be given to her. She also stated it was her idea that the kids wear masks, not Michaels.
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I don’t understand how Debbie is even an option. This nut job SOLD her children. I can not believe that after all these years it has come out that her parental rights were never legally taken although she tried to give them up TWICE. This woman does not care for those kids, all she sees is $$$$$$$ and it’s been that way since the beginning. She’s not even the mother of “Blanket” so what will happen to him if she does get custody of the older two? There is no way that these kids should be seperated.
After learning about the nanny, I think she may be the best option since grandma Katherine is older than I thought. She raised those kids and they know her very well. For all intensive puposes she has been their mother.
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i agree, and didn’t it state that michael wanted the nany too have them?? an i dunno y ppl talkin bout janet, she don’t even have or want kids do she??
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I heard that Katherine is not in good health, so maybe Janet. Whomever they go to (I hope it’s NOT Debbie), I know they will be loved and taken care of. My heart aches for them. I can’t imagine the pain they are going through after such an unexpected loss of their daddy.
This is just so sad. I still can’t believe Mike is gone. I just seems surreal. I know we’ll all go that way one of these day, but…
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I hope that the family settles this quickly and quietly for the sake of the children. If the children wind up in the care of the nanny I hope that she gives the Jackson family full visitation rights so that the children no their father’s family and if the children wind up with a member of the Jackson family I hope they don’t cut the nanny out of their life because she was obviously a major part of their life and so they need to keep the children’s lives as normal as possible especially with all they have been through.
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Michael kept his children away from his family (with the exception of his mother) and I am wondering if there was a reason?
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The children saw the family. Stop listening to rumors!
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Rumors? So his lawyer is spreading rumors? I’d think he knows first hand!
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I feel that the nanny should have custody of them. Just because she is their grandma, doesn’t mean she is the right person for the job. They know the nanny and they love her. They’ve lost their daddy, hopefully they won’t lose the next thing closest to a parent. =*(
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Debbie and Janet should share custody and grandmother Katherine should have access to them on a regular basis. Mothers who are addicted to crack get to keep their children, so yes, Debbie should have them too with Janet a constant presence in their lives. Jermaine will talk about keeping them because he has a big mouth and was always jealous of Michael. When he married his brother Randy’s wife that was too much for words. He claims to be broke and cannot pay his child support so of course he will go for custody of the money, er, I mean custody of the kids. The same thing in his eyes I’m sure.
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debbie an janet ? ? ? are u serious? they need ONE stable home…. they love the nanny, so wherever they go she shud be able to at least be with them
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That was one of the most ludicrous comments I’ve ever read. Because you’ve seen women who were addicted to crack keep they’re children A non-existant mother should be able to get custody of children who are not emotionally hers? WHAT?! That makes no bloody sense! And what would happen to Blanket? Is he supposed to lose his daddy and siblings all in one week? People should do what’s best for these children and allow them to stay with the Jackson’s. The nanny may keep her job so not everything is different. As for your comment on Jermaine. I have not heard him mention anything about custody. Can you let these people grieve in peace without attacking them?
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the Jackson parents are still togehter?
I saw the excerpts from Micheal’s book and would not want my kids with his mother who sat by and allowed her husband to abuse those children the way he did. Oh he admitted to “whipping them” but not beating them because he did not use a stick.
If you have read any of the accounts Micheal made about his upbringing how could you want innocent children to be put into that environment?
Let’s stop the cycle of abuse. And for those of you who don’t believe Micheal is dead, why would he leave his kids?
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Also remember that if Katherine gets them so does Joe. Most of the children have stated that he abused them.
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If Joe Jackson gets his hands on them, who is to say that he will not damage them as he did his own children?
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how did Joe damage them, the only one that seemed damage and confuse was Michael, his other children seem to be living normal lives if you ask me.
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Janet seems stable so maybe she’ll get them but i agree with most when it comes to there mother she hasn’t really been around, not saying that she didn’t want too, but it seems like she would want money, if there is any in this case. I just hope it all works out and goes smoothly…
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I object to Grace getting these kids. If she’s been with Michael for twenty damn years then she knows damn well about his drug use. It’s time for Janet to step in and take control.
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The care of his children is left ultimately to Mr. Jackson’s written, legal wishes; and that’s that.
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I feel so sad today. R.I.P. Michael!
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Debbie shouldn’t get these kids. Janet may not want them. Jermaine can’t even take care of the 7 or 8 kids he has right now. Randy doesn’t need them. So, we have Marlon, Tito, Jackie and Rebbie. Latoya sure as hell shouldn’t get them and Joe and Kat, well they are too old, and I’d only want Kat to raise them if I had to choose between the two.
I say Marlon, Tito, Jackie or Rebbie. Rebbie seems a lot more stable and I like Marlon too, he seems really stable. I don’t know too much about Jackie. A LOT of introverts in this family, A LOT.
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I think Janet would be the best for them. And for those saying that she might not want kids, remember that she is their AUNT. Yes, she might not want children, but these aren’t just any random children. These are her BROTHER’s children and it is her duty to do right by them as best as she possibly can.
Yes there are other people that could get the children but since most of them are too unstable, too old, or too greedy to put the children’s interests first, I honestly hope and pray that Janet takes them.
Like someone else pointed out, Janet is the only one that we can be sure of who will not think about the money when considering the children. For that reason, she should be the one to get them. Poor kids.
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Stability is important now for this children, and I believe that Janet can give them that. She has her own money and I don’t think it will be a big deal for her. I also believe she was the sibling closest to Michael, therefore she should take the kids. Her parents seem to be getting old too so they shouldn’t be considered an option.
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I Understand that we can all have an opinion, but we all have NO IDEA what peoples lives are like, people are saying “oh janet should have them” thats stupid to say that…who are we to even know anything about this situation..I do think that D Rowe should not get the kids, we are all saying that she “sold” the kids…but Michael gave the money..what a sad, sad situation.
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It has been stated that Debbie Rowe regained some parental rights and as such can be awarded custody irrispective of what is in the will. As for money.. trusts are in place for the children therefore whoever ends up with custody will not have the money or control of it
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Umm…Kayjay…you are a complete dumb#$…the kids were clinging onto Grandma Jackson and Janet for the whole service. they love them. and to think that custody would ever goes to a nanny is possibly the dumbest thing i have ever heard…good job
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i was just looking at blanket, and he does look alot like mj.the child may not be his but i see a huge bloodline there. can they still get a paternity test? i looked at this child’s picture and compared it to mj’s as a child blanket’s age and made my decision.
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