MICHAEL JACKSON - SECRET DEAL TO KEEP JACKSON KIDS AWAY FROM JOE

SECRET DEAL TO KEEP JACKSON KIDS AWAY FROM JOE

MICHAEL JACKSON's mother KATHERINE and his ex-wife DEBBIE ROWE have agreed a secret deal to keep family patriarch JOE away from the star's three children, according to reports.
A custody hearing for Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II, aka Blanket, was scheduled for Monday (13Jul09) in Los Angeles.
But court officials have confirmed it has now been postponed until 20 July (09), at the request of Katherine Jackson and Rowe - who is the biological mother of the two eldest children.
The two women are attempting to put their differences aside and reach a custody agreement whereby Katherine will bring the children up while Rowe will have regular access.
Rowe and Katherine want to ensure Jackson's father, who Michael accused of beating him as a child, does not get access to the children after he was reported as saying he wants to turn them into stars like their late father.
Jackson's former wife, who gave up her custody rights to her two children in 1999, is reportedly considering applying for a restraining order to legally bar Joe from contacting the kids.
A source tells Britain's Sunday Mirror, "The last thing she wanted was for those kids to be looked after by Joe and go through what Michael went through. When they were together Michael poured out his heart about how much he loathed Joe for what he had done. And Katherine knows it's best for the children if they can settle it between themselves and keep it all out of courts.
"They can't stop Joseph seeing the kids at family functions and parties, but they can and will fight to prevent him having any formal role whatsoever in their upbringing."