Spears custody hearing begins without pop star
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Britney Spears failed to appear in court on Monday at the start of a hearing in her bitter child custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline under a crush of frenzied media coverage.
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Britney Spears' in-again out-again rehab saga found her back in a Malibu facility on Thursday, halting an emergency court hearing in which estranged husband Kevin Federline planned to discuss custody of their two children.
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A family court official has suspended troubled singer Britney Spears' visitation rights with her two young sons until the pop star complies with all of a commissioner's orders, court papers showed on Thursday.
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Britney Spears was quietly released Wednesday from a hospital where she had been undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, a police official said
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A Los Angeles court commissioner has denied a request from Britney Spears' divorce attorney to issue a gag order in the pop star's child custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
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The court commissioner who placed Britney Spears under conservatorship held a closed-door hearing on an unspecified emergency motion on Thursday.
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The in-and-out-of-rehab saga that has been dogging Britney Spears is moving to a new venue: family law court.
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Britney Spears won modified visitation rules Thursday that allow her two boys to spend one overnight a week with her, and the pop star's attorney requested her mother become the required court-appointed monitor.     Spears made a surprise appearanc...
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Britney Spears' decision to check into rehab could help her in court as she to tries to retain custody of her two young children with estranged husband Kevin Federline, according to family law attorneys. That is, of course, if she actually completes a rehab program.
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Britney Spears finally appeared Thursday for a deposition in her child-custody battle with Kevin Federline.
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Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were due in court Friday as the former spouses try to work out custody arrangements for their two young sons.
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Troubled pop star Britney Spears has begun showing up for custody hearings to regain access to her two children with ex-husband Kevin Federline, according to media reports on Tuesday.
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By JOHN ROGERS LOS ANGELES - An appearance in family court sought by Kevin Federline amid a child custody dispute with Britney Spears was canceled Thursday as reports surfaced that she was back in rehab.
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Lawyers for Britney Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline returned to court on Friday in the bitter custody battle over the celebrities' two sons that is expected to yield information on whether Spears has complied with random drug tests.
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As Britney Spears remained in a psychiatric ward in Los Angeles, court hearings on Monday dealt with the custody of her two small children and with the conservatorship of Ms. Spears and her estate that were granted last week to her father, James, and her lawyer, Andrew Wallete, The Associated Press reported. The news agency also reported that a person close to Ms. Spears said her stay had been extended for two weeks under a California law that allows patients to be kept for medical treatment if found to be gravely disabled or a danger to themselves or others. The closed-door custody hearing, involving Ms. Spearsâs lawyers, conservators and her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, was continued until Feb. 19.
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Pop star Britney Spears has checked back into rehab, celebrity Web site TMZ reported on Thursday, thus temporarily halting a court action in which estranged husband Kevin Federline planned to discuss custody of their two children.
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Britney Spears, with a police escort of nearly a dozen motorcycles, two cruisers and two helicopters, was removed by ambulance from her home and taken to U.C.L.A. Medical Center, right, early on Thursday, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Spears, 26, whose erratic behavior has made her a public spectacle and cost her the custody of her two young sons, was hospitalized to âget help,â said a Los Angeles police officer who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter. Allan Parachini, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Superior Court, said: âThe way it works is a law enforcement agency or mental health professional can conclude that someone is a danger to self or others and undertake an involuntary commitment. To extend that for another 14 days there has to be a court hearing.â On Jan. 3, when Ms. Spears refused to return her children to her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, who has custody, the police had paramedics take her from her home to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was released after a day and a half.