NEW YORK DAILY NEWS:
Debbie Rowe has no plans to fight Katherine Jackson for guardianship of Paris
Monday, June 10, 2013, 6:03 PM
Paris Jackson’s mom still plans to host the troubled teen on her horse ranch this summer — but Debbie Rowe won’t take over legal guardianship, a source close to the family said Monday.
A judge ordered a probe into the 15-year-old’s welfare after her failed suicide last week, and TMZ reported Monday that Rowe is “ready” to take over guardianship from Paris’ grandmother, Katherine Jackson, if the pop princess asks.
Not so fast, the family source told the Daily News.
Rowe, who split from Michael Jackson in 1999, would be willing to have Paris live with her indefinitely, but would want *****’s mother to remain involved as guardian.
“It would take Katherine dying or becoming very ill for Debbie to seek legal guardianship in court,” said the source.
Rowe and Katherine Jackson are amicable and want to respect the King of Pop’s will, the source said.
If the judge makes a dramatic decision to strip Katherine of custody, Rowe would be ready to step in, the source added.
Paris could stay with Rowe past the summer, but “it still wouldn’t change the guardianship” situation, the source insisted.
“Katherine said she isn't going to give up the role because she feels that would be letting Michael down, and Debbie has too much respect for Katherine and Michael’s wishes to fight her in court,” the source said Monday.
Paris recently reconnected with her mom and has been spending time with Rowe at her ranch outside Los Angeles.
But the teen was at the Calabasas, Calif., mansion she shares with her grandmother and two siblings when she slashed her wrist and popped 20 painkillers.
Rowe reportedly visited her daughter at the hospital last week and spoke to Katherine Jackson about Paris’ summer schedule.
What happens depends on Paris’ release from the hospital in a week or more and what doctors decide about her condition.
“Debbie said after Michael died that she would be there to take care of the kids if Katherine needed her,” the source said, adding that Paris’ living with Rowe “would be an arrangement based on Katherine’s permission.”
The family source also dissed a report that Paris was ambushed and taken to UCLA Medical Center against her wishes.
The depressed teen reportedly screamed, “’Why would you bring me here?’ because her father was brought to the same hospital on the day he died in 2009.
“That doesn’t make sense,” the source said. “She doesn’t see it as the place where her dad died. The autopsy report makes it pretty clear Michael died at the house.”
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