Judge Issues Temporary Guardianship to Katherine but Custody Battle Still Looms By LUCHINA FISHER and RUSSELL GOLDMAN Michael Jackson's mother Katherine will get custody of his three children – at least for now. Michael Jackson's mother Katherine Jackson, shown in this file photo, left, has been granted... (Getty Images/Splash) More Photos Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff on Monday granted the 79-year-old grandmother temporary guardianship of the children, Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., known as Prince Michael, 12, Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, 11, and Prince Michael Jackson, II, 7. They have been staying with Katherine and her husband Joe Jackson at the family compound in Encino, Calif., since Jackson's death on Thursday. Katherine also filed a petition on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court asking to be... [read full story]
