Debbie Rowe, shown after her wedding to Michael Jackson in 1996, will attend a hearing to determine temporary guardianship of the singer's children.Pop star Michael Jackson and his new wife Debbie Rowe pose for a wedding photo minutes after the ceremony in California in this November 14, 1996 file photo. Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but whose musical genius was overshadowed by a bizarre lifestyle and sex scandals, died on June 25, 2009. He was 50.
Debbie Rowe plans to attend custody hearing.
Biological mother is not legally required to attend July 20 event.
Debbie Rowe, the ex-wife and biological mother to two of Michael Jackson's three children, has kept a low profile since the singer's death on June 25.
But now that a hearing has been scheduled at Los Angeles Superior Court on July 20 for temporary guardianship of the children, Rowe plans to be seen.
"[Debbie] says that she will definitely be at the custody hearing," says Marc Schaffel, a former business partner of Jackson's and a close friend of Rowe's.
Rowe's children — Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11 — have been staying with their grandmother Katherine Jackson at her Encino, Calif., home since the singer's death. Blanket (Prince Michael II), 7, Jackson's youngest child, was born from an unidentified surrogate.
Katherine was named guardian in Jackson’s will, which was revealed last week, and is petitioning the court to keep the children with her. Neither party is required to appear in court, officials say.
In this March 17, 2005 file photo, Pop star Michael Jackson arrives at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif., to begin Jackson's trial on charges of child molestation.
Jackson family members and friends perform 'We are... Jackson family members and friends perform 'We are the World' during the memorial services for pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 7, 2009.
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The home of Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, in Los Angeles on Thursday, July
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A fan caries a tribute to Michael Jackson outside the public memorial service for the pop star Tuesday, July 7, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Fans of U.S. pop star Michael Jackson gather at the Tivoli Gardens in central Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday, July 9, 2009, to commemorate the life and work of the king of pop Jackson. many gathered at Tivoli where they showed some of Michael Jackson's videos and the movie of the Live in Bucharest ? The Dangerous Tour concert.
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Dancer Victor Edwards 20, left, and others roll through audience while dancing to "Thiller". People attend a memorial service for pop star Michael Jackson at the Steel Yard Stadium in Gary, Ind., Friday, July 10, 2009.
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Choreographer Kenny Ortega eulogizes Michael Jackson during the memorial services for the pop star in Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 7, 2009.
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Val Oracion, from Manila Philippines holds his seven-month-old daughter Samantha, under a Michael Jackson King's hat for a picture, as his family joins fans mourning the death of pop star Michael Jackson at his star on the Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Monday, June 29, 2009.
This August 29, 1993 file photo shows American pop music star Michael Jackson performing the first of two concerts at the National Stadium in Singapore, marking his 35th birthday. Pop icon Michael Jackson died June 25, 2009 after suffering a cardiac arrest, the entertainment website TMZ.com reported
In this April 28, 1996 file photo, pop singer Michael Jackson, left, and his
wife Debbie Rowe are shown in Pasedena, Calif. 2:23 p.m.
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