ABC News Source: Permanent Custody Goes to Katherine Jackson, Visitation to Debbie Rowe
After weeks of negotiations, Michael Jackson's mother Katherine Jackson and his ex-wife Debbie Rowe have reached an out-of-court agreement that gives Katherine Jackson full, permanent custody of the pop icon's three children, while Rowe will be granted "meaningful visitation rights," ABC News has learned.
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A source with direct knowledge of the agreement told ABC News that under the agreement, Katherine Jackson maintains sole custody of Prince Michael I, 12, Paris-Michael Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7, also known as Blanket, while Rowe will have meaningful visitation rights and retain her legal parental rights.
Rowe and Katherine Jackson will split the cost of a child psychologist for the children, who have been living with their grandmotherand their extended family at the Jackson family home in Encino, Calif., since Michael Jackson's June 25 death.