Britney Moving for Kids, "Quiet"
What Britney Spears really needs is a little peace and quiet. At least, according to a court commissioner.
In court papers filed by Spears’ conservatorship earlier this month, approved by Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz on June 17 and obtained by News today, Goetz gives the go-ahead for the singer to sell her Summit home to the highest bidderbecause the place is a hindrance to Spears’ parenting skills.
In requesting the house swap, Spears & Co. argued that the mother of two was in need of a “lower density, more quiet and less trafficked neighborhood, that is also more accessible to parks and recreation areas.”
The conservatorship also argued that they could find “a more suitable” replacement residence with a “larger backyard that would be more appropriate” for Spears and the Feder-tots. (View the court documents.)
Moving house for Brit is especially important now that Spears is back in the good graces of the court and, as a result, has her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James back in her life for more frequentand as of this weekend, overnightvisits.
Case in point: Fresh off their Saturday night stay at Casa Spears, the boys were back with Britney this morning, less than a day later, getting dropped off at her Summit residence at roughly 8:30 a.m.
A source tells News that, as per the newly hammered-out visitation schedule between her and Kevin Federline, the boys are expected to remain with Spears for roughly eight hours.
Britney and the Boys Have a Sleepover
While Kevin Federline partied in Miami Beach this weekend, Britney Spears stayed at home…with the kids!
E! News can confirm that Britney had a 12-hour overnight visit with her two sons Saturday night at her Los Angeles?home.
“The kids were picked up before noon on Sunday,” says a source.
It was Britney’s first overnight visit since Spears lost visitation with her kids following her infamous visit to the UCLA psych ward in January. Commissioner Scott Gordon, after being presented evidence that Britney’s mental health has improved, modified the terms of her visitation last week to allow overnight visits.
Meanwhile, K-Fed picked up where he left off in Las Vegas two weeks ago and partied at Miami nightclub Mansion on Friday night. Federline, who’s reportedly working on a new song tentatively titled, “Daddy’s Home,” was scheduled to return home to LA on Sunday.
K-Fed Attorney: Mediation With Brit "Positive" Step
Kevin Federline wants Britney Spears to once again play a major role in their children’s lives. Just not a bigger role than his.
K-Fed’s attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, spoke exclusively to News in the wake of Thursday’s all-day mediation session, in which both sides were seeking to hash out a custody agreement in advance of an August trial.
“Kevin is seeking to maintain the sole legal and physical custody that he presently has,” Kaplan said. “There’s nothing magical about 50-50. There’s nothing magical about 60-40. What’s magical is that whatever order is in place, it’s the order that best suits the best interest of the children.”
Which, ideally, would give the 30-year-old Federline full custody, simply making permanent the present temporary order.
“Kevin has had sole legal custody since January. He wants that to become the permanent order at trial, and the visitation to be consistent with what the court expanded it to this week.”
Namely, allowing Spears, 26, overnight visitation with sons Sean Preston and Jayden James, which will begin Saturday night. In addition to the sleepover, she is also allowed two day visits per week.
For his part, Kaplan said Federline is more than happy to give the stabilized Spears not only more custody rights but the ability to be “involved in their lives in a very substantial and meaningful way,” and credits the conservatorship with her recent turnaround.
“He wants to have an order…that takes into account a certain stability and structure for the kids…regardless of whose house they happen to be in at any given moment.
“When the conservatorship was imposed, it brought a certain sense of structure and stability to an environment that seemed to be continually in flux. And in flux is not a description of what you want for a child’s environment.”
But while Thursday’s mediation didn’t result in any brokered accordsit would have been surprising if it hadit did get both parties started on the right path to like-mindedness.
“The mediation didn’t result in an agreement that would avoid the trial set in August…The mood was comfortable, positive and it was a mood that was consistent with opening at least a great dialogue, which is necessary.”
As for what would call off this summer’s planned court date…
“The trial in August is going to determine two primary issues,” Kaplan said. “Custody and visitation, and attorneys’ fees…In order to avoid the trial in all respects, there would have to be an agreement between the parties to resolve the attorneys’ fees, and to put in place a custody arrangement that would carry forward…an expansion of the visitation.
“If the existing arrangement was acceptable to both parties, we would have an agreement and we wouldn’t have to go to trial…But that didn’t happen.”
Britney Spears Celebrates Courtroom Success
Britney Spears Celebrates Courtroom Success
Fresh off of a courtroom victory, Britney Spears was spotted out on a trip to West Hollywood’s Fred Segal for a little afternoon shopping on Tuesday (June 24).
Earlier in the day, the “Gimme More” singer attended a hearing with ex-husband Kevin Federline - during which Britney was reportedly granted overnight visitation with her two sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston.
“There was a change in visitation status that was ordered by Commissioner Gordon this morning,” Los Angeles Superior Court spokesperson Alan Parachini told press.
And though Parachini wasn’t at liberty to offer details, a source has since confirmed to press that Ms Spears indeed will be getting sleepovers with the kiddies.
Asked by Us magazine if she was happy with the court outcome, Britney smiled and said, “Yes.” Meanwhile, the next status hearing is set for July 15th.