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Court Voids Rowe's Loss of Parental Rights
By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent
Wed Feb 15, 8:21 PM ET
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Deborah Rowe, won a round Wednesday in her battle over their two children, with an appeals court ruling that her parental rights were not properly relinquished under the law.
The ruling by the California 2nd District Court of Appeal set the stage for further litigation between the former couple. Jackson could appeal the ruling further.
While acknowledging that Rowe initiated the proceeding to give up her parental rights in 2001 and made it clear she wanted Jackson to have sole custody, the appellate court said the judge presiding over the matter did not handle it properly.
The retired judge, Steven M. Lachs, acknowledged in 2004 that he failed to have state officials do an independent investigation into what was in the best interests of the children.
Lachs voided his own ruling even though he had found in 2001 that the arrangement was in the best interests of Paris and Prince Michael, Jackson's daughter and son with Rowe.
Jackson also has another son, Prince Michael II, whose mother has not been identified.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060216/ap_en_ot/michael_jackson;_ylt=AmJVQvK8NjaLXKBhobmjQ7MXCGYD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-
By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent
Wed Feb 15, 8:21 PM ET
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Deborah Rowe, won a round Wednesday in her battle over their two children, with an appeals court ruling that her parental rights were not properly relinquished under the law.
The ruling by the California 2nd District Court of Appeal set the stage for further litigation between the former couple. Jackson could appeal the ruling further.
While acknowledging that Rowe initiated the proceeding to give up her parental rights in 2001 and made it clear she wanted Jackson to have sole custody, the appellate court said the judge presiding over the matter did not handle it properly.
The retired judge, Steven M. Lachs, acknowledged in 2004 that he failed to have state officials do an independent investigation into what was in the best interests of the children.
Lachs voided his own ruling even though he had found in 2001 that the arrangement was in the best interests of Paris and Prince Michael, Jackson's daughter and son with Rowe.
Jackson also has another son, Prince Michael II, whose mother has not been identified.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060216/ap_en_ot/michael_jackson;_ylt=AmJVQvK8NjaLXKBhobmjQ7MXCGYD;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-