Do Wills have to be honored?

musicismylife78

Wills as in Will and Last Testament. I bring this up because of Michael jackson. In his will he specifically said what he wanted to have happen with his 3 kids, he wanted his mom to take care and raise them. If she was unable he wanted Diana Ross to do the job. My own opinion and apparently the opinion of the three kids is that they want to be raised by Janet.

Anyways, Debbie Rowe seems to be making a claim for the kids. How does that work? Since Michael explicitly said he wanted his mom raising the kids, I dont understand why Debbie seems to be making a case out of this. Do wills have to be honored? I am sure if a court found out someone was leaving their kids in the care of a murderer or felon then the court could step in and do something, and a case could be made. Joe Jackson is a jerk, but MJ's mom seems to me to be quite a nice lady. Michael for all his hatred of his father, I dont remember him sayiung anything bad about his mom.

As far as I can tell, Debbie Rowe visited the children a few times since giving birth to Prince and paris. MJ never introduced her as being their mother. I am not sure if they know any of that, even now. So how could a court even consider awarding custody of 3 kids, to someone who has rarely seen the kids?



So the question is: how is this custody battle even going to play out

soulsinging

Generally they do, even when they're absurd. But if public policy is strongly against something or it is clearly a malicious/wasteful distribution, they can alter the terms. In this case, there's generally a very powerful presumption in the law that children belong with their parents. So it makes sense that this one would end up in court. The views of the children will count for something as well in these circumstances.

You're really into this MJ saga man. Don't let the celebrity culture suck you in!

encinoman

Alot of people are into this MJ thing. Just turn on CNN EVERY FUCKING NIGHT. Pretty unlikely that Janet gets the kids. Here's the thing that tricky. Wills dispose of things typically. Custody almost always goes to living biological parents absent something extraordinary. But here, Debbie Rowe, I think, renounced her parental rights legally. They fought over this once before when Michael was on trial. She tried to revive her rights. I think she failed.

Here is where this thing could get tricky. Courts are supposed to do what's in the best interests of the children. Period. Joe Jackson is a well known abuser. If that guy tries to get involved with custody it could get very interesting regardless of Michael's wishes. So I think Debbie Rowe has a serious card to play if she wants to. Custody with Grandma could mean exposure to douchebag Grandpa. So then, does it come down to biological mother vs. crazy ass Diana Ross????

Michael didn't always show the best judgement in life. Its entirely possible his wishes re: his kids may not be best either. More Jackson theatre to come.