Posted by Adam

Tuesday July 14, 2009

Michael Jackson‘s younger sister, Janet Jackson, wants custody of the singer’s three children.

Michael had reportedly discussed his wishes for his kids — Prince Michael I, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II, seven, known as ‘Blanket’ — in the event of his death and was even planning to draft a new will to amend custody details.

“There was a lot of rifts in the family, but Janet was the one person he spoke to regularly and he made sure the children kept in touch with her too,” a source revealed.

“Ultimately, he wanted Janet to look after the children, with help from his mother Katherine, and was planning to draft a new will to reflect those wishes. He trusted Janet implicitly.

“When he had health concerns, he had a talk with Janet about how much she meant to him and the children, and how if anything happened to him, he wanted her to make sure the children would be loved and cared for in the same way he was raising them. She told him of course she would.”

Michael’s most recent will, written in 2002, named Katherine as the children’s guardian.

But Janet has the support of her siblings in taking over as primary carer.

“The family think this could be a great idea – they are supportive of Katherine, but although she is in good health, she is nearly 80 and they are worried she is not up to the task,” the source told UK magazine Grazia.

“Janet is blossoming into a woman with tremendous untapped maternal instincts. The children automatically turn to her for comfort and direction.”

Katherine Jackson has reportedly made a deal with the tragic superstar’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe.

Rowe — who was married to the King of Pop from 1996 – 1999 — agreed to drop her custody claim on Prince Michael I and Paris Katherine — her two children with Jacko — as long as Michael’s father, Joseph Jackson, wouldn’t have a say in the kids’ upbringing.

“The last thing she wanted was for those kids to be looked after by Joe and go through what Michael went through,” a source told the Sunday Mirror newspaper.

“Michael [had] poured out his heart about how much he loathed Joe for what he had done.”

Under the tentative deal struck by Katherine and “Miss Debbie” — as she’s known to the kids not Mom — Rowe promised not to pursue a custody battle in exchange for monthly supervised visits, a source told the New York Post.

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