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After getting it totally wrong the first time, celebrity news website TMZ is reporting that Debbie Rowe can take full custody of Paris and Michael Jr, the two children she bore for Michael Jackson, if she wants.

The website had previously reported that Rowe had given up her parental rights stating: “For the record, Debbie gave up all parental rights to the two children — Paris and Michael Jr. Therefore she is not legally in line to take custody.”

TMZ followed with an “UPDATE: we just pulled legal documents regarding custody of Debbie and Michael’s kids, and you can see here the moment when Debbie gave up her parental rights.

“In the docs, when Debbie is informed she’ll have no rights, she says, “Not that I don’t love them. I do. I think they’re adorable. They’re his kids. They’re his kids. They’re not my kids. They’re his kids.””

TMZ is now saying the original report is not true and that retired Judge Stephen Lachs, who presided over the hearing, initially ruled her rights were terminated… but then reversed his decision.

TMZ maintains that during the custody fight Rowe had with Jackson, the mother of his children tried give up her parental rights, saying Michael was the greatest father ever.

Lance Spiegel, the lawyer who represented Jackson at the time says under the law, the Department of Children and Family Services must conduct a parental fitness investigation before parental rights are terminated and that didn’t happen with Rowe.

So Rowe has never given up any of her parental rights. As a result, under California law, Rowe is now presumed to be the person who will get custody. The only way Rowe can be denied custody is if a court determines it would be “detrimental to the children,” he said.

If Rowe takes custody she will receive “a huge amount of child support from Jackson’s estate.”