Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe to miss his funeral

August 29th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's family has invited his former wife and mother of his two kids, Debbie Rowe, to attend his funeral. Rowe, the biological mother of Jackson's two elder kids Prince, 12, and Paris, 11, reportedly struck a 2-million-pound deal with the Jacksons, placing the children under the care of the singer's mother Katherine.

July 23rd, 2009 Michael Jackson is dead; what he has left behind is a huge fortune and three kids. Now that Jackson is no-more; the power game to get a piece of his empire has kicked off and the pawns are his kids.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe made a "shrine" to their kids, her former lawyer has revealed. Close pal Iris Finsilver added that she does want a relationship with the kids.insilver said Rowe kept a huge stash of snaps of Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11, in a closet, reports The Sun.

July 18th, 2009 Guardianship hearing for Jackson's kids postponedLOS ANGELES — Court officials say a guardianship hearing for Michael Jackson's children has been postponed until Aug. 3. Katherine Jackson, in the meantime, will remain the temporary guardian of her son's three children.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe is suing a woman who claims she sent her emails saying she was not interested in regaining custody of her children with the late singer. In court papers, Rowe, mother of the late King of Pop's eldest two children Prince Michael I, 12, and Paris, 11, has accused Rebecca White of defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

July 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has reportedly told one of her pals that she doesn't want the two kids she bore for the late King of Pop. According to Extra TV, Rowe said "Hell no!" to the idea of raising Jackon's two kids Prince, 12 and Paris, 11, in an email to her friend Rebecca White on July 5, reports New York Daily News.

July 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe is reportedly ready to give up her parental rights for a payout of four million dollars from her former mother-in-law. "It's one final payday," the New York Post quoted a disgusted Jackson confidant as saying.

July 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A custody hearing on the temporary guardianship of Michael Jackson's kids has been delayed, according to court officials. The hearing, previously scheduled for July 12, is now slated for July 20 at the request of Jackson's mother Katherine and former wife Debbie Rowe.

July 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Late Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe, who prepares to fight kids' custody battle, had confessed she "never" wanted to be a mother. In an interview to Usmagazine in 2003, Rowe had said: "Because you give birth and impregnate someone does not automatically give you the title of mother or father - you earn the title." "My kids don't call me mom because I don't want them to," the journal quoted her as saying.

July 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Legendary Hollywood actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor has confirmed that she will not attend her longtime friend and icon Michael Jackson's funeral at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. She stated on social network site Twitter that she wants to keep her grief private, Fox News reports.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - The astonishing new pictures showing Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe affectionately hugging and cuddling their two kids Prince and baby Paris can dramatically turn around the custody battle. The 'happy family' pictures could challenge the claims depicting her as the disaffectionate surrogate and rattle reports that she never even visited the children.

July 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's older children do not think Debbie Rowe is their real mother, according to the late singer's former publicist. Stuart Backerman, who worked for the star from 2002 to 2004, when Jackson faced child molestation allegations and the infamous baby-dangling incident, said that Prince Michael I, 12, Paris, 11, were far from believing that former nurse Rowe was their biological parent.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe is yet to make a decision over the custody of kids, says her attorney. Earlier, in an interview to NBC Los Angeles, Rowe said that she wanted her kids back.

June 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has revealed that the late King of Pop is not the actual father of Prince and Paris. Rowe made headlines 13 years ago when Jackson had announced that she would be the mother of his first child, Prince, now 12.

June 26th, 2009 Lawyer: Mom of 2 of Jackson's kids is inconsolableLOS ANGELES — A lawyer who represented Debbie Rowe in a custody matter says the mother of two of Michael Jackson's three children is inconsolable. Attorney Iris Finsilver says she was the one who told Rowe of Jackson's death.