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Michael Jackson with his...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSHOTLIST (including transcript):-\u003cbr/\u003eHollywood.TV - No Access TMZ / No Access Access Hollywood / No Access Extra / No Access Inside Edition - DO NOT OBSTRUCT HOLLYWOOD TV LOGO\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles California May 5 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Michael Jackson with his kids\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York 26 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott N. Banks/Attorney\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's not a simple case. Ms Rowe has not seen the children for approximately ten years. She gave up custody to Michael Jackson ten years ago, and like I said has not seen the children. Even though she's the biological mother of Prince Michael and Paris, there are other factors that come into play, and those are what's in the best interest of the children?\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Date and location unknown\u003cbr/\u003e3. Michael Jackson waving to crowd\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images\u003cbr/\u003eBahrain, 25 Jan. 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e4. Still of Michael Jackson walking with son \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York 26 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott N. Banks/Attorney\u003cbr/\u003e\"One of the things that would concern me as an attorney would be breaking up the siblings. There is a third child involved, who has been presumably very involved with his other siblings. And the question then becomes, will a court be willing to award custody to a biological parent, when that parent has had no connection with the children for such a lengthy period of time. And also separate those two children from their other sibling. So the courts have to weigh and balance those factors.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images\u003cbr/\u003ePasadena, Calif., 1996\u003cbr/\u003e6. Still of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe \u003cbr/\u003eAP Images\u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, Calif., 2005\u003cbr/\u003e7. Still of Debbie Rowe at court for Michael Jackson's trial\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York 26 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott N. Banks/Attorney\u003cbr/\u003e\"Miss Rowe, although did not terminate her parental rights, did terminate her custodial rights. And not one effort, that at least I can be aware of, has she made to resurrect a relationship with both Prince Michael and with Paris, and I think that's going to be another factor in this case.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images\u003cbr/\u003e2004, exact date and location unknown\u003cbr/\u003e9. Still of Debbie Rowe during television interview\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images\u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, Calif., 2005\u003cbr/\u003e10. Still of Debbie Rowe at court for Michael Jackson's trial\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York 26 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) N. Scott Banks/Attorney\u003cbr/\u003e\"What is the background of Debra Rowe? Why did she relinquished custody in 1999? Those are things that would have to be investigated at that point in time and presently. What are current living conditions? Does she have the ability to raise two children at the present time? So those are all the factors that a court is going to have ultimately determined.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Date and location unknown\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of Michael Jackson performing\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York 26 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) N. Scott Banks/Attorney\u003cbr/\u003e\"I suspect that the Jackson family is not going to go away too easily on this. And that they're going to use whatever their financial wherewithal to make sure, or at least attempt to make sure, that these two children, and also the third child, Blanket, stay together as one solid family. So I think that is the difficulty Miss Rowe is going to be facing right now.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, 26 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of memorial at Hollywood Walk of Fame\u003cbr/\u003eNow that Michael Jackson has passed, who gets custody of the children?\u003cbr/\u003eDebbie Rowe is the mother of two of the pop star's three kids, Prince Michael Joseph Jackson and Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson. A third child, Prince Michael II, or better known as Blanket, was born to a surrogate mother.\u003cbr/\u003eRowe's former attorney, Iris Finsilver says she isn't currently representing Rowe, but has no doubt she will seek custody of the children.\u003cbr/\u003eBut that may not be as easy as it sounds.\u003cbr/\u003eNew York family attorney, Scott M. Banks says the court will look at several key factors that may trump her stature as their biological mother. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's not a simple case. Ms Rowe has not seen the children for approximately ten years.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThen there's Blanket. 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