A hearing is scheduled for October to look at some remaining issues.
An agreement between Katherine Jackson, 79, and Debbie Rowe, mother of Jackson's two eldest children, cleared the way for an uncontested custody hearing.
Rowe, who was briefly married to Michael Jackson, agreed not to fight for custody in exchange for visits with the children.
Katherine Jackson was in the courtroom along with her daughters LaToya and Rebbie and a son, Randy.
Rowe did not attend Monday's hearing, but her attorney, Eric George, spoke briefly outside the courthouse.
"She's faced difficulties and pressures none of us know, and today's agreement shows that she responded with heart, integrity and selflessness," George said of Rowe. He also praised Katherine Jackson's attorneys for their part in bringing about the agreement.
Michael Jackson's two oldest children -- Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., 12, and Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, 11 -- signed consents to the agreement.
He also has a 7-year-old son, Michael Joseph Jackson II, known as Blanket, with an unidentified surrogate.
The custody agreement does not involve any financial payments to Rowe "apart from the continuation of spousal support payments" that Michael Jackson personally agreed to make to Rowe after the divorce, their lawyers said in a joint statement.Source
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