Posted Jun 30th 2009 7:20PM by TMZ Staff
We've just obtained the birth certificates for Michael Jackson's first two kids -- Michael Jr. and Paris.

In both certificates, the father is listed as Michael Jackson. The mother listed is Deborah Rowe. The place of birth for Michael Jr. is Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. The place of birth for Paris is listed as Spaulding Pain Medical Center in Beverly Hills.
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Posted May 24th 2006 5:44PM by TMZ Staff
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ordered Michael Jackson's lawyers to ante up documents that explain why Jackson's ex believes the singer abducted their children.
The judge's order came in response to continued complaints from TMZ that both parties in the bitter custody war have repeatedly violated the law requiring them to file motions, declarations and other court documents.
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Posted Feb 15th 2006 2:13PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has obtained a ruling from a California Court of Appeal, issued today, rejecting Michael Jackson's claim that Debbie Rowe gave up her parental rights. In the decision, there's a revealing passage from the trial judge who commented on the marriage between Jackson and Rowe.
"It was an arranged deal from the beginning... This was not a mom and dad saying, 'Hey, let's have a family that we're going to raise.'"
The ruling explains that in October, 1999, while they were married, Rowe and Jackson entered into an agreement that Jackson would have sole legal and physical custody of their two children, Michael Jr. and Paris. In 2001, the trial judge issued an order terminating Rowe's parental rights. But the following year, Rowe went back into court arguing that the court's termination order was invalid. The trial judge struck down his own order, admitting he had made a mistake by not appointing independent lawyers for the children. Now the California Court of Appeal has also ruled that the order terminating Rowe's parental rights was invalid.
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