<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a36a56d5-2a06-4eb8-b086-82acbb2fffc3/407B5557-3EA1-4C76-BC18-9AE73787BD91/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.woai.com/entertainment/story/Joe-Jackson-agrees-to-keep-distance-from-grandkids/2YCXU6xacESEYdW1Vfm_3A.cspx" href="http://www.woai.com/entertainment/story/Joe-Jackson-agrees-to-keep-distance-from-grandkids/2YCXU6xacESEYdW1Vfm_3A.cspx" style="font-size: 11px;">www.woai.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.woai.com/entertainment/story/Joe-Jackson-agrees-to-keep-distance-from-grandkids/2YCXU6xacESEYdW1Vfm_3A.cspx">Michael Jackson's father has reportedly agreed to keep his distance from his grandchildren amid fears his presence in their lives would cost his wife custody of the kids.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.woai.com/entertainment/story/Joe-Jackson-agrees-to-keep-distance-from-grandkids/2YCXU6xacESEYdW1Vfm_3A.cspx"><P>Katherine Jackson was made siblings Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II's permanent guardian during a brief court hearing on Monday, but experts feared the grandmother would have a fight on her hands - because of her husband Joe.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.woai.com/entertainment/story/Joe-Jackson-agrees-to-keep-distance-from-grandkids/2YCXU6xacESEYdW1Vfm_3A.cspx"><P>They claimed Michael's reports of beatings at the hands of his violent father would push the court to look for custody alternatives, even though the King of Pop wanted his mother to become his three kids' guardian.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.woai.com/entertainment/story/Joe-Jackson-agrees-to-keep-distance-from-grandkids/2YCXU6xacESEYdW1Vfm_3A.cspx"><P>In a declaration, filed with courts in Los Angeles and obtained by TMZ.com, Joe states, "I have had a close family relationship with these grandchildren since their birth. I do visit the family residence from time to time and will continue to do so, however I will not be involved in raising the children."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/407B5557-3EA1-4C76-BC18-9AE73787BD91/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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