Posted by
Mike on Saturday, July 04, 2009 6:45:39 PM
http://westernperspective.blogspot/
As shown in the picture at right
taken on November 27, 2008, Michael Jackson's three children bear a
strong resemblance to their father. Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. is
pictured on the left, Paris Michael Katherine in the center, and
Michael II at bottom of photograph. Obviously they have a darker
complexion than the two other children who are unrelated. It is often
the case that children of a white mother and a black father have a skin
color somewhat in between. Each of the children also has brown eyes,
with the daughter's being a lighter color.
Deborah Rowe contends
that she is the biological mother of the two oldest Jackson children,
and that they were both conceived through artificial insemination.
Whether or not this was done
in vitro
is still an open question. Michael Jackson has stated in an interview
that he is the biological father of the youngest child also conceived
through artificial insemination, the mother being unknown.
Deborah
Rowe and Michael Jackson were married on November 14, 1996 while
Deborah was pregnant with the first child and remained married until
after the second child was born. There is a presumption in California
that the biological mother is the mother of the child at the time of
birth, and since both children were born during the marriage, they
shared custody of both children until the marriage ended in divorce on
October 8, 1999. The presumption that the biological mother
should have custody is rebutted by the fact that Deborah Rowe bore both
children to term for the motive of financial gain, and the fact that marriage was apparently never consummated.
The daughter Paris
Michael Katherine shares one name with her grandmother Katherine
Jackson. Michael Jackson clearly intended in his will that Mrs. Jackson
should have full custody of all of the children, and that Diana Ross
should have custody only if Mrs. Jackson was unable or unwilling to
care for the children. He also intentionally omitted to provide for his
former spouse Deborah Rowe. To give custody of the two oldest of the
children to one guardian and the youngest child to another guardian
would unnecessarily break up the family.
Under these
circumstances, the court should grant Katherine Jackson full custody of
the three children, with some visitation rights allowed for Deborah
Rowe and the two oldest children only.