Britney loses custody of her kids!
 

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears was ordered Monday to surrender custody of her children to ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Superior Court Judge Scott M. Gordon ruled that Federline will take custody of Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, beginning Wednesday "until further order of the court."

The order stemmed from an unspecified oral motion made by Federline's attorneys and was handled in a closed-door hearing. The judge's order didn't state the reason for the change in custody and all transcripts of the proceedings were ordered sealed.

Phone messages left for representatives of Spears and Federline were not immediately returned Monday.

Last month, Gordon said Spears engaged in "habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol." He ordered the pop star to undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week as part of her ongoing custody dispute with Federline.

Spears also was previously ordered to meet weekly with a "parenting coach" who was to observe and report back to the court about her parenting skills. Both Spears and Federline must complete the court's "Parenting Without Conflict" class.

Spears, 25, and Federline, 29, were wed in October 2004. She filed for divorce last November and it became official in July. The two have joint custody of their sons, but Federline is seeking a greater share of custody.

Since Spears became single, her troubles have played out in the tabloids. First she was photographed at various Hollywood hotspots partying with Paris Hilton. Some photos captured Spears without panties. Then Spears shaved her head, beat a car with an umbrella and ended up spending a month in rehab.

An MTV Video Music Awards performance last month meant to herald her comeback was universally panned. The following week, Spears' management firm dropped her and her divorce lawyer resigned.

She then was charged with misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run and driving without a valid license for allegedly crashing into a parked car in August.

Spears' new album will be released Nov. 13.

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Raquel Maria Dillon in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

They just HAD to throw that into the article. :rolleyes:

So they think her ex is going to be a better parent?

Let's neuter both of them.

From your mouth to God's ears.

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Seriously...until she gets it together I'm all for Kevin to have custody. When he screws up then we'll have a serious problem.

I am going to have to agree.

I honestly don't think K-Fed doesn't care about the kids.

I mean, he's got 10 other kids with Shar (or whatever her name is). He just wants these kids for the $$$ he can get out of Brit-Brit for child support.

Britney just made it way too easy for him to get custody. If she hadn't gone all crazy after the divorce, he wouldn't have had a case.

It's all about the money, it's all about the publicity. Neither of them deserve these poor children - they're the real losers in this battle. :(

Who's next in line if K-Fed screws up? Grandma Spears? Or is she screwed up too?

Legally, (usually, I'm sure it depends on the state) Grammy Spears is next in line, but look at what a great job she did with Britty.:rolleyes:

On the radio this morning they said that Britney didn't hesitate to drop her kids off the very same day.

Then she went tanning, out to a club, and stayed at a hotel.

I'm really sad for her. The public has been witnessing her unraveling for a few months now... almost a year. Now that she's lost the kids, I think she should be put on a suicide watch or something because I think the worst is yet to come in her unraveling.

Bless her little coked up heart.

I don't understand why y'all are so down on the father here? What has he done besides have a marginal music career? Does that alone make him a poor father? I spent some time in the trenches working on a semi-high profile divorce (I say semi because I did actually see a few national publications pick up some of the "drama" associated with our case). The case I worked on was between a prominent NYC news anchor (mother) and a former lead singer of a boy band (father). I can guarantee you what is printed in the papers and what is reality are two distinct things. The media in these cases, or at least mine, took the grains of truth they could ascertain from (maybe?) going over the court file and I would speculate talking to the mother, and then fashioning its own story and conclusions therefrom.

Is K-fed a "bad guy" because he goes out and has a good time when he's not watching the kids? Since the court hasn't declared him to be an unfit parent, and trust me, if that were an option, Spears' legal team would have been all over it, I'm going to assume that the court knows better than the "Star" or whatever grocery-checkout publication is carrying whatever information.

Oh -- and most states require there to be some sort of material change in circumstances to disturb a custody arrangement, so Federline is likely going to have to really screw something up before Spears has the opportunity to seek to regain custody.

They still make birth control don't they?

I agree. Say what you will about KFed being an unfit parent or that he's only after Brit's money but he has never been seen driving without a license, wasted at a club when he's supposed to be watching the kids, coked up, etc. In fact, you hardly ever see pictures of KFed with the kids. I really think it's because he doesn't go out searching for the paparazzi like Britney does. Shar Jackson has even said that in spite of everything that happened with her and KFed that he is still a wonderful father to his children. Anyone is a better parent than Britney at this point.

I think a lot of the K-Fed hate comes from the fact that he dumped Shar, while she was pregnant, for Britney. It made him look like a gold digger. Whether that was the real story, who knows.

However, I'd rather see the kids with him than with Granny Spears, that's for sure. She'll be trotting them around to auditions the minute they walk in the door.