Michael Jackson's Kids Were a Business Deal
Now that he's safely out of the clutches of US laws and living in Bahrain, Michael Jackson probably doesn't care that he has lost a court round rejecting his claim that his ex-wife Debbie Rowe gave up her parental rights.
It seems that back in October 1999, while they were married, the superstar and the nurse made an agreement that the he would get sole legal and physical custody of the two children, Michael Jr. and Paris, even though Rowe fessed up last year - then un-fessed up - that the kids aren't biologically his. It came as no surprise that, as we all suspected, it was confirmed in court documents that the whole baby making thing between Jackson and Rowe was a business deal.
This week's ruling overturn's the 2001 case that determined any parental rights Rowe might have claimed were terminated. It's confusing, but a year later, the same judge struck down his own order and determined his ruling was invalid -- because he had made a mistake by not appointing independent lawyers for the children.
And now the California Court of Appeal has just agreed with his reversal - the rights termination document is not valid, and Rowe can again petition for custody of the kids. Unless she changes her mind again, which seems to be a big problem with this woman.
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