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     *Alejandra Jackson, currently going through a divorce with singer Jermaine Jackson, says in court documents filed Tuesday that she and her kids are forced to continue living at his mother's house because she is too financially strapped to leave. Mrs. Jackson also says she is not getting any spousal or child support from her ex.

      According to E! Online, Jackson responded to the filing with the declaration: "I currently do not have any employment" and "I do not have any income from which to pay support."

       Jermaine and Alejandra Jackson were married in March 1995 and separated in November 2004, although they continued to live together at his mother's home until earlier this year. They have two sons, Jaffar, 11, and Jermajesty, 6. The artist has six other children from previous relationships.      

       Alejandra also has two teenage children from a previous relationship with Jackson's little brother Randy—Genevieve, 17, and Randy Jr., 14. Also living with them until recently was 15-year-old Donte Williams, who was never legally adopted by the family but had been "financially, emotionally and physically" cared for by the Jacksons since he was two, reports E! Online.      

       On a document included in the filing and obtained by extratv.com, Alejandra Jackson indicates that, since August, she has been making $15 per hour working as a personal assistant, she has no health insurance and she had to borrow $500 from her aunt to pay legal fees. She also lists her total assets from her partnership in a Colombian clothing design business as negative $198.      

       Her income is listed at an average of $81 a month, with no overtime, commissions or bonuses, or investments to boost that figure in any way. Alejandra said Jermaine's mother, Katherine, tries to help out when things get really dire.       

       "Occasionally and not consistently Mrs. Jackson will give me a couple hundred dollars for food or other expenses I need," Alejandra stated in court documents.       

       Several expenses and past-due bills are listed in the court documents, as well as a wish list that includes health insurance for the kids and tutoring for Jermajesty.      

       Once she and the kids move to their own place, Alejandra states, they will need, among other things, approximately $7,000 for rent (based on the going rate for a five-bedroom home), $2,500 for groceries and supplies, $1,800 for utilities and $1,000 for pet expenses.      

       Alejandra, who is also seeking sole custody, states in the filing that Jackson is responsible for $22,741 in debts and unpaid loans.      

       In his declaration opposing her requests, Jackson maintains that he continues to have "a healthy, happy relationship" with the children, and that his wife's motion for full custody, considering that they have successfully shared time with the kids so far, is "nothing more than a litigation tactic."      

       "I do not object to an appropriate level of child support," Jackson wrote. "However, the reality is that [Alejandra] has knowingly misled this court into believing that I have income which I do not. I currently do not have any employment. …Thus I find myself in a Catch-22 situation where while I need money, I also need to be very cognizant of what employment I do undertake so as not to degrade my market value and ability to obtain legitimate work in the future. Unfortunately (and sadly), this troubling situation is very common in the entertainment industry."