Report: Michael Jackson’s ex to seek custody of older kids

Report: Jackson’s ex to seek custody of older kids

LOS ANGELES — A TV station says the mother of Michael Jackson’s two eldest children wants custody of them.

KNBC in Los Angeles says in a report Thursday that Debbie Rowe intends to seek custody of 12-year-old Prince Michael and 11-year-old Paris Michael Katherine.

In a telephone interview that was not broadcast, Rowe also tells the station she plans to seek a restraining order to keep Jackson’s father Joe away from the children.

Michael Jackson’s will named his mother Katherine Jackson as the guardian of his three children, including a child born to a surrogate mother.

Rowe says she would like to keep the children together, but the youngest is not hers.

A guardianship hearing is scheduled Monday.

Calls by The Associated Press to Rowe’s attorney Marta Almli were not immediately returned.