Entertainment Weekly reports Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine, was awarded temporary custody of his three children: Paris, Michael – known as Prince Michael – and Prince Michael II – known as Blanket. At a press conference outside the family estate in Encino, California, Joe Jackson, Katherine’s husband and Michael’s father, insisted the children belong with their grandmother, who has been taking care of them since their father’s June 25 death.

“We’re the parents,” he said. “This is where they belong. We’re going to take care of them and give them the education they’re supposed to have.”

Jackson family lawyer, Londell McMillan said, to the best of his knowledge, Debbie Rowe, Michael’s ex-wife and mother of the two older children, has not approached the family since Michael’s death. “I have no knowledge to suggest that she would do anything to uproot the best interest of these children, which is to stay together in a family that they’ve known and that they love, and that they feel very, very comfortable in.”

McMillan called Katherine “a very, very loving and strong woman.”

Joe said memorial plans for his son are still being worked out. He said he wants the investigation into Michael’s death to be completed before the funeral is held.






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