Court fight over Jackson's children looms

[June 29, 2009]  NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Jackson's family wants the singer's mother, Katherine, to have custody of his three children.

Jackson family spokesman Londell McMillan said on NBC's "Today" show that Katherine Jackson is taking care of the children. He says he'll go to court Monday in part to protect Katherine Jackson's right to custody of the children.

McMillan says he doesn't expect anyone will think there is someone better to care for the children. He says the family hasn't heard from Deborah Rowe, who is the mother of Jackson's two oldest children, about custody.

Jackson left behind three children: Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., known as Prince Michael, 12; Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 11; and Prince Michael II, 7. The youngest son was born to a surrogate mother.

[Associated Press]

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