MJ’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe wants $4M to give up her parental rights

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 19th, 2009 LONDON - A close pal of Michael Jackson has said that a new deal over custody of the late singer's kids by Debbie Rowe will be struck within days. Debbie is the mother of Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11.

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 LONDON - Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has rubbished claims that she has struck a 2.5million pounds deal with her former mother-in-law to give up her parental rights. Rowe's legal team has dismissed the report on the alleged deal, published in the New York Post, insisting that it is "completely false".

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 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 LONDON - Late pop icon Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has decided to skip the singer's memorial service because she feels her presence could be a distraction for others who will gather there later Tuesday. Jackson's funeral will be held at Los Angeles' Staples Center.

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.

July 2nd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson's two older children, may go to court to seek their custody, said reports here. The 50-year-old Jewish blonde, who had given up her rights to the two kids in 2001, may now challenge the temporary custody granted to Jackson's mother Katherine, a report in the Los Angeles Times said Wednesday.

June 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has slammed a British newspaper alleging the pop star was not the father of his two eldest children. Britain's News of the World quoted Rowe saying that she was artificially inseminated by an anonymous donor during their marriage and that she had no interest in obtaining custody of 'Prince' Michael Jr, 12, and 11-year-old Paris.

June 27th, 2009 LONDON - Late Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe is seeking full custody of the couple's children. The King of Pop passed away at the age of 50 on Thursday (June 25) after a cardiac arrest apparently caused by an overdose of painkillers.

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.