Custody Hearing For MJ's Kids Delayed

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A hearing to consider who will raise Michael Jackson's three children has been delayed another week, while lawyers work to avoid a court battle over custody.

Debbie Rowe said she married Michael Jackson to avoid the taboo of having children out of wedlock.

The delay -- the third one this month -- was announced Friday afternoon by a Los Angeles County Superior Court spokesman.

Debbie Rowe, Jackson's ex-wife and mother of his two oldest children, has not publicly revealed whether she will challenge Katherine Jackson, his 79-year-old mother, for custody or visitation rights. Katherine Jackson gained temporary guardianship of her son's children soon after his death last month.

The two women have been working to "privately and amicably resolve" the matter since Jackson's death, a Jackson family lawyer said.

Rowe's lawyer said this week that she was not asking the Jackson family for more money in exchange for dropping a possible custody challenge. (click here for more)

because Debbie is busy doing some dental actions with her kids,er, horse... (photo source)?