Issues Surrounding Custody of Michael Jackson's Children

The popular singer Michael Jackson died this past Thursday due to cardiac arrest and a possible drug overdose. Currently, there are issues surrounding who will care for his three children surrounding his untimely death. The decision will ultimately be left up to the courts to decide. The children are currently in the care of the extended Jackson family.

The person who has the strongest legal claim to his two oldest children, named Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, is their mother and Jackson's ex-wife named Deborah Rowe. She will have to have an evaluation done by the court to decide if she is the best person to care for the children. It is possible that the children may not go to her since the final decision is up to the court and they decide who is the best choice for the children to live with. Rowe has not had a close relationship with the children.


It is not known who the mother of the youngest child is, named Prince Michael II, but it is possible that she may not have signed away her parental rights even though she was a surrogate mother. It is not currently known who Jackson designated as the guardians of his children in his will. Jackson's will may have been done many years ago.

Singer Michael Jackson Dies

The popular singer Michael Jackson died today at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The cause of his death will not be known until an autopsy is performed but his brother says that it may have been due to cardiac arrest. Doctors tried to resuscitate Jackson at his rented home in Holmby Hills for more than an hour. His body is now in possession of a coroner's office.

Usher's Wife Released From Hospital

The wife of the singer Usher, named Tameka Raymond, has been released from a hospital in Brazil after spending 11 days recovering from a cardiac arrest that she suffered before undergoing liposuction. She had went into cardiac arrest while being anesthetized before the surgical procedure and was revived in less than a minute due to a heart massage. She was placed into an induced coma and taken to the intensive-care unit. Usher didn't perform at the pre-Grammy party so that he could be with her in Brazil.

Singer Usher's Wife Recovering from Cardiac Arrest

Tameka Raymond, the wife of the singer Usher, is currently recovering in a Sao Paulo hospital after suffering from cardiac arrest soon before she was suppose to undergo liposuction. She suffered the cardiac arrest while being anesthetized for the procedure and was revived in less than a minute by a heart massage. She was also placed in an induced coma to avoid unnecessary complications before being taken to the intensive-care unit. Usher was suppose to preform at the Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party this past Saturday but didn't attend so that he could be with his wife in Brazil.