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Debbie Rowe, the ex-wife of Michael Jackson, says she will fight for custody of the two children she had with the late pop icon. | Debbie Rowe, the ex-wife of Michael Jackson, says she will fight for custody of the two children she had with the late pop icon. |
"I want my children," Ms Rowe said in an interview on Thursday with the NBC TV network in Los Angeles. | "I want my children," Ms Rowe said in an interview on Thursday with the NBC TV network in Los Angeles. |
Ms Rowe is the mother of Prince Michael, 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11. A third child, Prince Michael II, 7, has a surrogate mother. | Ms Rowe is the mother of Prince Michael, 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11. A third child, Prince Michael II, 7, has a surrogate mother. |
Jackson's mother has been given temporary custody of the children. | |
The star, who was 50, died after suffering heart failure at his Los Angeles home last Thursday. | The star, who was 50, died after suffering heart failure at his Los Angeles home last Thursday. |
In a 90-minute telephone interview, Ms Rowe said she was prepared to undergo DNA testing to prove she was the children's biological mother. | |
She said she would also seek a restraining order to keep Jackson's father, Joe, away from them, the channel's website reported. | |
"I am stepping up, I have to," she said. | "I am stepping up, I have to," she said. |
Ms Rowe was left out of Jackson's will, which was drawn up in 2002 and details of which were made public this week. | |
"I have intentionally omitted to provide for my former wife, Deborah Jean Rowe Jackson," the document states. | |
Ms Rowe surrendered her parental rights in her divorce settlement with Jackson, but an appeals court later ruled this was done in error, NBCLA's website reported. |