Court records show Joe Jackson doesn't plan to help raise Michael Jackson's children.
The Jackson family patriarch lives in Las Vegas and wrote in a statement filed in a Los Angeles court on Monday that he only occasionally visits the family home north of Los Angeles.
His two-page declaration expresses support for his wife, Katherine, who on Monday was granted permanent custody of Michael Jackson's three children.
Joe Jackson writes that his estranged wife is "a wonderful caretaker and guardian."
A judge on Monday awarded Katherine Jackson a monthly stipend to help upkeep of the family's home, where her three grandchildren are staying.
