Family Law

San Jose Family Law Attorney comments on the custody battle over Michael Jackson?s children.

By Scott Sagaria

San Jose Family Law Attorney comments on the custody battle over Michael Jackson?s children.

If something were to happen to you, who would take care of your children? That is a question that many parents have had to face as they prepared their wills and estate plans. Not properly addressing this situation can create a family law nightmare for your children and their guardians.

After Michael Jackson?s death, a custody battle for his children has broken out between Debbie Rowe, Mr. Jackson?s ex-wife and mother of his two oldest children, and Katherine Jackson, Mr. Jackson?s mother. Ms. Rowe had previously relinquished her parental rights after their divorce in 1999, but had them reinstated after Mr. Jackson?s arrest on child molestation charges in 2003. The mother of his third child was a surrogate and her identity is unknown.

Ms. Rowe has a strong claim to custody of the oldest children. But California courts have to consider ?the best interests of the child? in deciding custody cases. In this case, will it be more beneficial for all three children to remain together with their grandmother and their cousins? Or, should the older children be placed with a mother with whom they have had limited contact for some time? It is a sticky situation, and one that will probably be in litigation for some time.

Here at Sagaria Law, we offer a full range of family law and legal services including divorce, paternity, adoption, child custody and visitation matters, child support, spousal support, alimony, juvenile dependency, domestic violence, division of property, grandparent visitation and custody, etc. We have seven Northern California locations including San Jose, San Francisco, Redwood City, Fremont, Salinas, Roseville and Sacramento. We offer a free thirty minute consultation, either in person at any of our offices, or over the phone. Call our offices today and we can connect you with an attorney immediately or we can schedule your free consultation with one of our family law attorneys : (408) 279-2288 or (800) 941-6730 or visit www.sagarialaw.com.

Full post as published by California Family Law Blog on September 09, 2009 (boomark / email).