Britney Spears, Kevin Federline in Court for Custody Hearing
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears and her ex-husband Kevin Federline were in court Tuesday for a child custody hearing, with the pop star's lawyer expected to push for more custody for Spears.
Laura Wasser is returning as Spears' family law attorney, FOXNews.com has learned. Wasser previously quit Spears' custody case, in which Spears and Federline are battling over their two young sons.
Commissioner Scott Gordon had a closed meeting Tuesday with Wasser and Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan. The case was then sworn in at 12:45 p.m. ET, at which time reporters were forced to leave the room.
Earlier at the Los Angeles County Courthouse, Spears, 26, and Federline, 30, avoided looking at each other. Spears was smiling and wearing a white shirt and white sandals. She drank water and sat quietly next to her lawyer, though at one point she walked out with her eyes watering. Federline wore a tan suit.
In May, Spears was granted expanded visitation rights to her two sons, with Federline retaining custody of 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James.
The longer visits were a "recognition of the progress that has been made, a progress in structure and stability," Kaplan said.
Federline has had full custody of his two sons with Spears since January, when police were called to Spears' home after she refused to relinquish one of the boys to a Federline bodyguard. Spears was taken by ambulance to UCLA Medical Center.
Her visitation rights were suspended at the time but gradually have been restored in recent months.
Spears and her estate have been under the conservatorship of her father for months.
