Jermaine Jackson's Ex-Wife, Alejandra Jackson, Says He's Not Taking Care of His Kids, Files Lawsuit for Back-Child Support Payments

Baby mama drama:  Alejandra Jackson, Jermaine Jackson's ex-wife claims the singer has left her so dirt poor  that she has been forced to accept supermarket gift cards from Jermaine's mother, Katherine Jackson, so she can feed the kids. As you know, Jermaine Jackson has been out giving media interviews, popping up on different shows and planning a concert overseas, which means he's making money. He's a dirtbag if he doesn't want to take care of his kids.

Alejandra Jackson filed legal documents in L.A. County Superior Court claiming Jermaine is a deadbeat dad who hasn't paid $35,550 in court-ordered child support payments for their two kids, Jermajesty and Jaffar.

In the docs Alejandra says Jermaine's own mother sees how bad the situation is and often bails her out with "gift cards to Ralphs in varying months so that I can pick up food for our children, usually between $300 and $400."

Alejandra also claims Jermaine was lying to the court when he claimed he only made $35k in 2008 -- pointing out that he lives in the same "estate home" in Calabasas, drives the same "luxury vehicles" and has the same "luxury lifestyle" he had before. Source: TMZ

Once a dirtbag, always a dirtbag. If these allegations are true, then Jermaine Jackson has been giving these so-called heartfelt interviews to make money at his dead brother's expense. Shameful.

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Debbie Rowe, Katherine Jackson Reach Settlement Agreement in Custody Case for the Two Children she had with Michael Jackson

Debbie Rowe has settled her custody issues over Michael Jackson's children and it doesn't involve a single penny, but it does call for a psychologist for her kids. According to TMZ, Rowe reached the agreement with Katherine Jackson and it is subject to approval by the judge.

Rowe will get visitation of the two children she had with Michael. She wants and will get a psychologist who will visit the children and help them adjust to her being in their lives on a meaningful basis.

Rowe will maintain her parental rights. The agreement says Rowe has no parental rights to Blanket, Jackson's youngest child.

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Katherine Jackson's Lawyers Filed Papers to Ask if She Can Object to Executors of Michael Jackson's Estate

Either Katherine Jackson, mother of the late King of Pop, is being manipulated or she just doesn't understand what's at stake. According to TMZ, attorneys Londell McMillan and Burt Levitch, who represent Mrs. Jackson personally, have filed legal papers on Friday asking a judge to rule if she can object to the appointment of the executors, John Branca and John McClain, named in Michael Jackson's will and still collect the money he left her. Huh? You will recall that her son left her 40% of his estate, so why start a fire where there's no need for one?

At issue is the "no contest" clause in the will, which means that anyone who files objections to the will automatically gets no money. McMillan and Levitch want to know if the "no contest" clause would apply if Katherine only objects to the executors Michael chose. I guess, since she's getting such a big chunk of his estate, that should be enough to keep her happy, so why the dust-up about the executors? This is a prime example of Mrs. Jackson not understanding the implications of mounting such a legal challenge. Stay tuned. There is more to come in this soap opera.

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Janet Jackson to Seek Custody of Michael Jackson's Three Children, the Family Said to be Supportive

Janet Jackson wants to seek custody for the three children of her late brother Michael Jackson. According to Contactmusic.com, the singer had reportedly discussed his wishes for his kids -- Prince Michael I, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II, seven, known as 'Blanket' - in the event of his death and was even planning to draft a new will to amend custody details

A source said: "There was a lot of rifts in the family, but Janet was the one person he spoke to regularly and he made sure the children kept in touch with her too. "Ultimately, he wanted Janet to look after the children, with help from his mother Katherine, and was planning to draft a new will to reflect those wishes. He trusted Janet implicitly.

"When he had health concerns, he had a talk with Janet about how much she meant to him and the children, and how if anything happened to him, he wanted her to make sure the children would be loved and cared for in the same way he was raising them. She told him of course she would."

Michael's most recent will, written in 2002, named Katherine as the children's guardian but Janet - who accompanied the children to their family home to retrieve their belongings after the singer's death last month - has the support of her siblings in taking over as primary carer. Source: Contactmusic.com

Personally, I think Janet Jackson is the best person to get custody of the children. It is obvious, from the memorial service, that they have a close bond with her. Katherine Jackson, though her intentions are good, is elderly and it isn't fair for her to raise three small kids again. Besides, everyone in their right minds do not want Joe Jackson to get his hooks into those kids. That would be contrary to what Michael Jackson would have ever wanted. We all know what Latoya and Jermaine Jackson are all about and they do not deserve to get custody of these children.

On a lighter note, I guess Jermaine Dupri will have someone his own size to play with if Janet Jackson is successful in getting custody of the children.

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Debbie Rowe Reportedly Gives Up Parental Rights for $4 Million

CNN is reporting that Debbie Rowe and Katherine Jackson, mother of the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has reached a settlement for the children. We all knew Debbie Rowe was in it for the money. She has reportedly given up her parental rights again to Prince Michael I and Paris Michael Katherine, for $4 million. This woman cares more about money than her own children, if they are her biological children, that is.

Still developing. More to follow.

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Katherine Jackson Loses Temporary Control over Michael Jackson's Estate, Judge Rules Will Valid, Leaves John Branca, John McClain in Control

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The keys to the estate of Michael Jackson has just been taken away from his mother, Katherine Jackson. Over her objections, a Probate Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff today ruled that Michael Jackson's 2002 will is indeed valid and that, per the late entertainer's wishes, attorney John Branca and veteran music executive John McClain are the executors of his estate. Ouch. Joe Jackson just came up empty, for all the obvious reasons.

Lawyers for Jackson's mother wanted Judge Mitchell Beckloff to delay the decision. One of her lawyers, John Schreiber, argued that "there is concern over handing over the keys to the kingdom so quickly." Her attorneys also suggested that because McClain suffers from a disability, he is unfit to make decisions on Michael's estate, which is estimated to be worth more than $500 million. But Beckloff wasn't having any of those shenanigans. He refused, telling Schreiber, "Someone needs to be at the helm of the ship."

Katherine Jackson had been appointed temporary executor last week, when the family still believed the star had died without a will. That didn't last long because Branca surfaced with a five-page document written several years ago, that established him and McClain as executors.

Court spokesman Alan Paranchini confirmed that another will, dated from 1997, was filed with the court, also listing Branca as executor. But Katherine Jackson's co-counsels, Londell McMillan and Burt Levitch, said they didn't expect the judge's ruling to be affected, because the 2002 document would trump any older document.

Beckloff said he believed Branca and McClain would act in the best interest of the estate and be best equipped to sort through various complicated legal and financial problems, ranging from lingering IOUs and lawsuits to the fate of Jackson's biggest asset, his 50 percent stake in the Beatles' song catalog. There is no reason why Joe Jackson should be able to get his hands on the estate of Michael Jackson in a roundabout way.

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Debbie Rowe, Ex-Wife of Michael Jackson, Now Says She Wants Custody of her two Children, Michael Joseph Jr., 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11

I knew that Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe would pop up sooner or later to say she wants custody of her children. The soap opera continues. She reportedly broke her silence today and declared she wants custody of the two children she had with the late King of Pop. "I want my children," Rowe said during a 90-minute phone interview with NBC-LA. Funny how she suddenly wants to be the doting parent after she chose money over her kids. Good Lord, when will this drama end? Everyone is so self-serving and it's as though this is the gold rush of 2009. You see, Michael Jackson could not have paid me any amount of money to give up my kids to him. There is no way on earth that I would become an absentee mother to my kids. On that basis, Ms. Rowe should not be allowed to sashay back into the lives of these kids after giving them up to Michael Jackson. She said that the kids were a gift to Michael Jackson, essentially giving up her rights as a parent. So now, since he has died, they should go to whoever the court deems the best person to take care of them and I am pretty sure it won't be her.

Rowe, who married Jackson in 1996 and filed for divorce three years later, told the station that she is willing to submit to DNA testing to prove maternity and psychological testing. Legally speaking, she has grounds to contest Katherine Jackson's request, but morally speaking, she does not deserve to get these kids. Rowe had initially signed a contract with Jackson surrendering her parental rights, but an appeals court threw out that contract in 2006, ruling that Rowe remained the legal parent of son Michael Joseph Jr., 12, and daughter Paris Michael Katherine, 11.

Rowe retained visitation rights while Jackson kept custody of the children. I am sure that these kids can count the times their mother came to visit them. It seems very suspect that she has decided to throw her hat in the ring after Michael Jackson specifically omitted her from his will. What I find absolutely amazing is that Michael Jackson never bothered to legally adopt these kids since he's is reportedly not the biological father of the children.

Rowe also said she'll seek a restraining order to keep their grandfather, Joe Jackson, away from the children. It's common knowledge that Michael Jackson had a strained relationship with his father, who he said struck him as a child. Still, Debbie Rowe does not deserve custody. Yes, Joe Jackson was an absolute monster and still is. It has been mentioned that Joe and Katherine Jackson do not live together, so the judge should make it abundantly clear that the custody of these children are not being put in his hands either. He should not be in a position to make any decisions concerning the three kids.

While I am on the subject, let's visit HLN's Nancy Grace's comments about Diana Ross being named as Jackson's choice of a guardian in the event that his mother cannot serve in such a capacity. Nancy Grace had to get a dig in about Diana Ross' DUI case and her short stint in jail. What she failed to mention was that there have never been any complaints about Miss Ross' parenting skills. It is unfair that because she had one run-in with the law, she suddenly being typecasted as a bad person.

Stay tuned, there will be more drama to follow......

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Joe Jackson Reportedly Left Out of Michael Jackson Will in Longtime Lawyer John Branca's Possession

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The question of whether Michael Jackson had a valid will at the time of his death may have been answered and probably complicated the situation a little more. Yesterday, his parents Joe and Katherine Jackson sought control of his estate, claiming in court documents that he died without a will. Um, not so fast. One drafted in 2002 has surfaced. According to the Wall Street Journal, the document, which will no doubt lead to a lengthy and ferocious legal battle in the months to come, divides the superstar's estate among his mother, his three children (Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II) and at least one charity. This is a major slap to Joe Jackson, who wasn't named as an heir in this will.

It's unclear what custody arrangements, if any, Jackson made for his three children. But a court ruling yesterday gave temporary guardianship to Katherine. The will, drafted by Jackson's longtime attorney John Branca, may be filed in probate court as early as Thursday. So far, the family has not made any comments about this latest turn of events.

Branca reportedly represented the singer from 1980 to 2006, and was rehired by Jackson just one week before his sudden death. Branca and music exec John McClain, a longtime friend of Jackson, are named as executors.

According to the Wall Street Journal, while the pop icon died with roughly $500 million in debt, his assets are believed to dwarf that staggering figure by $200 million. Don't cry for Jackson because among his more prized assets are a 50 percent stake in Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and Mijac, a publishing catalog that includes both Jackson's and the Beatles' canons.

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