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07
September
2006
Michael
Jackson Must Pay
Ex-Wife's Legal
Fees
Michael
Jackson
must pay 60,000 dollars
(£32,000) in legal
fees for his ex-wife as
she pursues a custody
case against him, a US
judge has
ordered.
Los
Angeles Superior Court
Judge Robert Schnider
gave the star until
September 28, 2006 to
meet the
order.
He
did not rule on whether
to grant Deborah Rowe
visitation rights to the
couple's children,
Prince Michael and
Paris.
Michael
Jackson and Rowe did not
attend the
hearing.
Rowe
had sought 195,000
dollars (£103,000)
towards her legal fees
but Judge Schnider
declined, noting that
she had received an
eight million dollar
divorce
settlement.
"She
has millions of dollars,
so she should be able to
contribute to her own
fees," the judge
said.
The
amount granted to Rowe
was reasonable and the
judge left open the
possibility that she can
seek additional fees
later, Rowe's lawyer
Eric George said outside
court.
Rowe,
a former nurse for
Michael Jackson's
dermatologist, married
him in 1996 but filed
for divorce in 1999 and
later gave up custody
rights. She asked a
judge to reinstate them
in 2003 after Jackson
had been arrested on
child molestation
charges. He was
acquitted last year and
now lives in
Bahrain.
In
February, a US appeals
court ruled that her
parental rights had not
been properly
relinquished under the
law.
Lawyers
for Jackson and Rowe
were scheduled to meet
next Tuesday to discuss
settling the custody
case.
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