Janet Jackson may end up raising the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson's children after all.
"She has said, 'I'll step forward and I will raise them if this is what they want," Inside Edition's Jim Moret told CBS over the weekend.
News of Jackson's intent follows speculation that her brother, Michael Jackson, had expressed concern over his mother taking care of the three children alone and thus asked Janet to step in.
The children, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., known as Prince, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, and Prince Michael Jackson II, known as Blanket, are currently at the Jackson family home in Encino, Calif., with Michael's mother, Katherine Jackson.
It seems to be clear that Jackson did not want his father, Joe Jackson, to care for the children.
A custody hearing is scheduled to take place today, Monday July 20.
** Update: The custody hearing scheduled for Monday, July 20 has been moved to August 3.
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I JUST PRAY TO GOD THAT JANET DO GET CUSTODYOF HER NIECE AND NEPHEW BECAUSE I FEEEL I SHE WILL BE A GOOOD MOTHER TO THOSE KIDS SO I JUST PRAY THAT THE JUDGE GIVE THOSE KIDS TO JANET.
Of course, thank god.
I really really hope she gets them.
That way the whole family can still visit them.
Also, Janet can protect them from the media just like her brother would have wanted to, and as an added bonus Janet has her own money and will give them the life they are used to, without exploting them (like Joe Jackson would).
Michael would want it NO OTHER WAY. Janet will be a phenomenal with those children. I have NO WORRIES or ISSUES with her taking that role. Now that S.O.B. Joe Jackson? HE CAN KICK ROCKS!!!
thank god u got them i was nervous that u wouldn't get them that's wonderful
I thin that janet is doing right people are saying thatst taeing the money i dont thin so i thin she does whatever for her brother
i can't get over the fact that theres always coming up and saying that the jacksons are greedy and only wants michaels money, mrs jackson is the woman who carried this baby for 9 months not the lawyers, and none of these news outlets but they think that they know everything and michaels personals should be given to michaels family and childrens his personals does not need to be with the estates so as to make the lawyers pockets fatter,janet remember that the two people thats over your brothers estate has went and hired them a lawyer to represent them and i read the clause thats in the will that says that who ever contest the will , want get nothing how could they have the will so tied up that it will make michaels family stand by and watch the lawyers get rich and they pass judgement on your dad and family like you all have to settle for the oka, dokie, i don't think so your brother was on a lot of medecine.
i can't get over the fact that theres always coming up and saying that the jacksons are greedy and only wants michaels money, mrs jackson is the woman who carried this baby for 9 months not the lawyers, and none of these news outlets but they think that they know everything and michaels personals should be given to michaels family and childrens his personals does not need to be with the estates so as to make the lawyers pockets fatter,janet remember that the two people thats over your brothers estate has went and hired them a lawyer to represent them and i read the clause thats in the will that says that who ever contest the will , want get nothing how could they have the will so tied up that it will make michaels family stand by and watch the lawyers get rich and they pass judgement on your dad and family like you all have to settle for the oka, dokie, i don't think so your brother was on a lot of medecine.
i can't get over the fact that theres always coming up and saying that the jacksons are greedy and only wants michaels money, mrs jackson is the woman who carried this baby for 9 months not the lawyers, and none of these news outlets but they think that they know everything and michaels personals should be given to michaels family and childrens his personals does not need to be with the estates so as to make the lawyers pockets fatter,janet remember that the two people thats over your brothers estate has went and hired them a lawyer to represent them and i read the clause thats in the will that says that who ever contest the will , want get nothing how could they have the will so tied up that it will make michaels family stand by and watch the lawyers get rich and they pass judgement on your dad and family like you all have to settle for the oka, dokie, i don't think so your brother was on a lot of medecine.
i can't get over the fact that theres always coming up and saying that the jacksons are greedy and only wants michaels money, mrs jackson is the woman who carried this baby for 9 months not the lawyers, and none of these news outlets but they think that they know everything and michaels personals should be given to michaels family and childrens his personals does not need to be with the estates so as to make the lawyers pockets fatter,janet remember that the two people thats over your brothers estate has went and hired them a lawyer to represent them and i read the clause thats in the will that says that who ever contest the will , want get nothing how could they have the will so tied up that it will make michaels family stand by and watch the lawyers get rich and they pass judgement on your dad and family like you all have to settle for the oka, dokie, i don't think so your brother was on a lot of medecine.
janet you and your family needs to pay close attention to people like sony who wants to keep your brothers catalog and let the estate pay sony off and get them out of the picture and get some one else to manage your brothers catalog check into it and then make your move some of these people are not to be trusted and forgive me for being so opinated i know that you will do what you feel is best for the situation, but its only me being human but my mind falls upon the conspiracy theory, they wanted your brother to sell them the whole catalog and he had his own reasons for not letting go off that body of work, like i have said before turn over every rock and don't get blind sided by these smooth talking jockers who thinks that your family are not up on the business side of things all of you ride this because who can say that your brother knew what he was signing in the first place if he was on as much medicine as they say that he was.
janet would step in and take good care of her brothers children to a tee, she is loved by the masses and she is a good solid person who has taken a stand in her own life and even tho she is tha baby girl to the jackson family she has proven herself over and over again how she have got staying power in the industry, and when michael was going through all of his court porocess the whole jackson family was there to support and lift michael up , and after all of the court proceedings was over it was janet who got with her big brother and made that video scream and it has been labeled as one of the most expensive videos ever made,and in that video janet and her brother dances and she stays right in step eith her brother without missing a step, the last time they did a tally on the best dancers jamse brown was #1, michael was #2 and janet was #3 now janet has proven herself over and over again that she has staying power in the industry.
Wonderful!! Janet & Michael have always been extremely close, so it makes sense.