Debbie Rowe says ‘Hell no!’ to idea of raising MJ’s kids

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 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's father, Joe, is reportedly willing to step aside to help his wife, Katherine, win the custody of their son's three young children. "Joe is willing to do whatever it takes to make sure Katherine gets those kids, even if it means stepping aside," People magazine quoted a source close to the Jackson family as saying.

July 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has dismissed reports that she's fighting for custody of her two children for her reputation. The New York Post had reported that Rowe's alleged confidante Rebecca White had received an email from Jackson's ex earlier this month indicating she had no intention of fighting for custody of the eldest two kids.

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 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 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 4th, 2009 LONDON - Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson's two older children, is apparently drawing up plans to gain custody of the children. The former nurse, who married the King of Pop in 1996 and filed for divorce three years later, made her first public appearance at her California ranch since the star's death at his Los Angeles home on June 25.

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 1st, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson is not the biological father of his three children, according to celebrity website TMZ.com. Jackson's 80-year-old mother Katherine Jackson was Tuesday granted temporary custody of the three children.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's skin doctor is said to be the father of king of pop's kids Paris and Prince, say reports. The late King of Pop's ex-wife Debbie Rowe had revealed it recently that the late 'Thriller' hitmaker was not the biological father of the two kids, and that she conceived them through sperm donation.

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.