MICHAEL JACKSON - ROWE OWED MILLIONS FROM JACKSON

ROWE OWED MILLIONS FROM JACKSON

MICHAEL JACKSON's ex-wife DEBBIE ROWE has only received a fraction of the $7.3 million (£4.5 million) payoff for signing away her parental rights to their children.
Rowe gave birth to Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11 after signing a surrogacy agreement with the King of Pop in 1996.
The couple divorced in 1999, and two years later she waived her parental rights in return for a massive payoff.
But she has only ever been handed $1.5 million (£1 million) - and faces a potential court battle to retrieve the missing millions from Jackson's estate.
She received an initial lump sum of $909,000 (£606,000), and in 2007 was given the first installment of $585,000 (£390,000).
In papers filed when she tried to regain custody of the children in 2003, Rowe stated: "I was told that our children were treated like royalty and were very happy children. I wanted to speak with Michael over the past few years to talk about our children but he did not want to speak with me. I maintained contact with persons close to him to keep updates on them."
A hearing will take place next week (beg13Jul09) to determine the future custody of her two children and Jackson's youngest son, seven-year-old Prince Michael 'Blanket' II.