USA: Judge grants Britney Spears more visitation time with her children after praising star for her good behaviour

Record ID: 860528

  • Title: USA: Judge grants Britney Spears more visitation time with her children after praising star for her good behaviour
  • Date: 9th May 2008
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 6, 2008) (REUTERS) PAN FROM PRESS TO COURTHOUSE REPORTERS OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE TV NEWS HELICOPTERS ABOVE VARIOUS OF NEWS TRUCKS
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  • Topics: Legal System,Entertainment
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  • Story Text: The judge in the custody battle between Britney Spears and her ex-husband granted the singer additional visitation time after praising Spears for making progress in getting her personal life under control. The 26-year-old Spears, turned up for Tuesday's (May 06, 2008) custody hearing court on time, demurely dressed in a brown polka-dot dress and cream cardigan, and accompanied by her parents. It was a striking contrast to weekly court sessions of a few months ago when she failed to appear or left abruptly.
    The lawyer representing Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline told reporters the judge had extended her visitation rights, without providing details.
    "The court made the orders today, that they were orders that the parties were able to agree to, or mostly agree to," Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, told reporters after the closed door hearing. "It represents a step going forward, a cautious step but a step nonetheless. We are pleased with the progress that occurred and cautious going down that track."
    Spears was stripped last October of legal and physical custody of Sean Preston, 2-1/2, and Jayden James, 20 months. She lost the right to visit them in January but Federline agreed in February that Spears could occasionally see the boys under supervision.
    The singer has turned her life around in the past two months after a year of bizarre behaviour and two brief hospitalizations in Los Angeles for psychiatric evaluation.
    "We are so pleased at Britney's progress and we are very appreciative of the court's recognition of this progress," her parents said in a statement on Tuesday. Spears is due back in court in July for a further progress report.
    Spears' father Jamie Spears was granted control over her personal and business affairs in February, and the singer's former self-styled manager and constant companion, Sam Lutfi, has agreed to a restraining order that keeps him away.
    Spears won praise for a guest appearance on the TV sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" in March and is set to reprise her role as a office assistant on the show in May. She has also been rumoured to be working on a new studio album.
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