LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Monday granted Katherine Jackson permanent guardianship of her late son Michael Jackson's three children.
The custody ruling came after the Jackson family matriarch reportedly reached an out-of-court agreement with Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of two of the late singer's children -- 11-year-old Paris and 12-year-old Prince Michael. Rowe, Michael Jackson's ex-wife, is said to have promised not to seek custody of the kids in exchange for visitation rights.