Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- A judge appointed TJ Jackson , the 34-year-old son of Tito Jackson , as temporary guardian of Michael Jackson 's three children in the absence of their grandmother , Katherine Jackson . `` We have reason to believe that Mrs. Jackson has been held against her will , '' Katherine Jackson attorney Sandra Ribera told Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff at a hearing Wednesday . Immediately after the hearing however , another attorney for Jackson , Perry Sanders , said he had been told by Randy Jackson that his mother was on her way back to California . Sanders , who later spoke to his client as she was being driven home , said he will file a petition to restore her as custodian as soon as he meets with her . Katherine Jackson was unaware of the controversy swirling around her family for the past week , he said . Jackson family drama an unwanted reality show . Beckloff suspended Katherine Jackson as custodian for Prince , Paris and Prince Michael II , known as Blanket , because she may be `` prevented from acting as a guardian because of the acts of third parties . '' He also ordered `` that the children not be removed from California without a court order , by any person . '' The judge also ordered that Diana Ross , whom Michael Jackson named as backup guardian in his will , and Debbie Rowe , the biological mother of the two oldest children , be given notice of the order . The order will be reconsidered at a hearing next month , and the judge left open the possibility that custody could be returned sooner if Katherine Jackson returns home . Katherine Jackson finally called her home Tuesday night after being out of communication for nine days , her lawyer said . TJ Jackson , whom Katherine Jackson left in charge of the children when she left home on July 15 , said he was disturbed by how she sounded . `` I 've never heard my grandmother talk like that , '' he said about that phone call . `` She was n't sharp . Her words were slurred . Her choice of vocabulary , I never heard her use those phrases . '' His lawyer said that `` maybe she was trying to speak to him in code . '' Ribera said one of the children told her it sounded like she was not alone during that call . Sanders said the call was made after he met with Jermaine and Janet Jackson at a spa near Tucson , Arizona , on Tuesday night to resolve the controversy over Katherine Jackson 's whereabouts . They did not , however , allow him to meet or talk with her , he said . Katherine Jackson , 82 , left the home she shares with Michael Jackson 's children on July 15 . She had not contacted them before Tuesday , though a Los Angeles County sheriff 's investigation concluded she was safe in Arizona . Jackson family feud caught on tape . Katherine Jackson has custody of Michael Jackson 's children and a 20 % share in her son 's huge estate . Her husband , Joe Jackson , and her eight surviving children were completely left out of Michael Jackson 's will when the pop star died in 2009 . Authorities got involved when her nephew Trent filed a missing person report with the sheriff 's office over the weekend . Security camera video obtained by CNN captured a tense scene at the Calabasas , California , home she shares with her three grandchildren . Siblings Janet , Jermaine and Randy Jackson attempted to persuade the older children , Prince and Paris , to leave Katherine Jackson 's home with them Monday . Paris and Prince resisted , according to three sources with knowledge of the incident , who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter . The video shows Janet Jackson apparently trying to take a cell phone away from Paris and scolding her niece for using her phone to write about family issues on Twitter , according to the three sources . Paris , Michael Jackson 's 14-year-old daughter , posted a Twitter message at about the same time : `` got ta love fam . '' Meanwhile , 15-year-old Prince is seen walking away from his Uncle Randy into the home 's security office . Paris soon followed , and Randy and Janet Jackson appeared to be recording the incident with their cell phones . Minutes later , sheriff 's deputies broke up a scuffle involving Randy and Jermaine Jackson and Trent Jackson , who works for their mother , according to several people who witnessed it . No one was arrested , although a battery report was taken and an investigation is ongoing , Los Angeles County sheriff 's spokesman Steve Whitmore said . The Jackson strife : Family bickering .
A lawyer says there 's reason to believe ` ` Mrs. Jackson has been held against her will '' She was reported missing over the weekend amid a family dispute . The court appoints TJ Jackson as temporary guardian . ` ` I ' ve never heard my dad talk like that , '' TJ Jackson says about a phone call .