Britney Spears must hand over custody of her sons to Kevin Federline this week "until further notice of the court," a judge ruled Monday after a closed-door hearing.
The judge gave no reasons in his written decision, issued after lawyers met with him in chambers in a session requested by Federline's lawyer. The ruling says that Federline gets custody starting Wednesday.
But the ruling came after the filing of misdemeanor charges against Spears – hit-and-run and driving without a valid license – and claims by her ex-bodyguard that she used drugs and is a danger to her children, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.
A judge also found that Spears is a "habitual, frequent and continuous" user of alcohol and controlled substances, and ordered her to submit to random twice-weekly testing.
The singer, who has 50-50 custody with Federline, was seen around town with her children over the weekend, and on Sunday they had an early dinner at Taverna Tony in Malibu, as a crush of paparazzi camped outside.
"She seemed fine," the restaurant's owner, Tony Koursaris, says. "She was very comfortable having dinner here with her boys. ... The kids had a good time. Then we had to fight the paparazzi, of course."
The photographers, however, did come in handy for Spears at one point over the weekend. Around midnight Saturday, her Mercedes ran out of gas during a supermarket run. The photographers went to the gas station and helped Spears tank up her vehicle.
• Reporting by PERNILLA CEDENHEIM, KEN LEE and MARY MARGARET
Now this is just sad. I don't wish anything like this on anyone, BUT.....if you don't have your act together as a parent, and your children's well-being(s) is/are at stake, then NO, they should NOT be in your care. I can't imagine how Britney is feeling right now, but I hope and pray she gets herself together , if not for herself, her kids.
The kids are going to be with their Dad. I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but right now, it may just be the BEST thing for everybody. It's a damn shame when the both of your parents live fucked-up lives. SMDH.
I was just finna post this. It is sad! I feel so bad for the kids. It's a shame that they have to go through this. I wonder if this will help both Britney and Kevin get their act together??
i hope britney gets her act together...for now, i think this is a good thing....kevin will get a wakeup call having the kids with him for a whole week, and britney im sure as any mother would is gonna miss her kids...i hope this works out for the best
they need to clean up because they just ain't messing up their lives they could possible mess up their kids' lives too... but hopefully everything turns out for the best...
