REPLAY Family Lawyer on Debbie Rowe's chances for custody

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CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: COMMERCIAL MUSIC, MUSIC VIDEO AND OR PERFORMANCES, MUST BE CLEARED ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN LOCAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE AND COPYRIGHT AGREEMENTS WITH YOUR APPLICABLE COLLECTING SOCIETY. DETAILS OF THE TRACKS, WHERE AVAILABLE, MAY BE FOUND BELOW. YOU HAVE EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF ALL AND ANY CONTENT INCLUDED WITHIN THE SERVICE, AND FOR LIBEL, PRIVACY, COMPLIANCE AND THIRD PARTY RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO THEIR TERRITORY. SHOTLIST (including transcript):- Hollywood.TV - No Access TMZ / No Access Access Hollywood / No Access Extra / No Access Inside Edition - DO NOT OBSTRUCT HOLLYWOOD TV LOGO Los Angeles California May 5 2009 1. Michael Jackson with his kids AP Television New York 26 June 2009 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott N. Banks/Attorney "It's not a simple case. Ms Rowe has not seen the children for approximately ten years. She gave up custody to Michael Jackson ten years ago, and like I said has not seen the children. Even though she's the biological mother of Prince Michael and Paris, there are other factors that come into play, and those are what's in the best interest of the children?" AP Television FILE: Date and location unknown 3. Michael Jackson waving to crowd AP Images Bahrain, 25 Jan. 2006 4. Still of Michael Jackson walking with son AP Television New York 26 June 2009 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott N. Banks/Attorney "One of the things that would concern me as an attorney would be breaking up the siblings. There is a third child involved, who has been presumably very involved with his other siblings. And the question then becomes, will a court be willing to award custody to a biological parent, when that parent has had no connection with the children for such a lengthy period of time. And also separate those two children from their other sibling. So the courts have to weigh and balance those factors." AP Images Pasadena, Calif., 1996 6. Still of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe AP Images Santa Maria, Calif., 2005 7. Still of Debbie Rowe at court for Michael Jackson's trial AP Television New York 26 June 2009 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott N. Banks/Attorney "Miss Rowe, although did not terminate her parental rights, did terminate her custodial rights. And not one effort, that at least I can be aware of, has she made to resurrect a relationship with both Prince Michael and with Paris, and I think that's going to be another factor in this case." AP Images 2004, exact date and location unknown 9. Still of Debbie Rowe during television interview AP Images Santa Maria, Calif., 2005 10. Still of Debbie Rowe at court for Michael Jackson's trial AP Television New York 26 June 2009 11. SOUNDBITE (English) N. Scott Banks/Attorney "What is the background of Debra Rowe? Why did she relinquished custody in 1999? Those are things that would have to be investigated at that point in time and presently. What are current living conditions? Does she have the ability to raise two children at the present time? So those are all the factors that a court is going to have ultimately determined." SONY FILE: Date and location unknown 12. Various of Michael Jackson performing AP Television New York 26 June 2009 13. SOUNDBITE (English) N. Scott Banks/Attorney "I suspect that the Jackson family is not going to go away too easily on this. And that they're going to use whatever their financial wherewithal to make sure, or at least attempt to make sure, that these two children, and also the third child, Blanket, stay together as one solid family. So I think that is the difficulty Miss Rowe is going to be facing right now." AP Television Los Angeles, 26 June 2009 14. Various of memorial at Hollywood Walk of Fame CAN MOTHER OF TWO OF JACKSON'S CHILDREN REGAIN CUSTODY? You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c695547f1d311e3c3a0017f84f7f111f Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork