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10-01-07, 11:36 PM
Spears loses custody of children
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Singer Britney Spears has been ordered to hand over her two young children to her former husband.
A judge in Los Angeles ruled that Kevin Federline be given custody of Sean Preston, two, and one-year-old Jayden James, until further notice.
Ms Spears has recently been charged over a motoring incident, and dropped by her management firm.
Representatives for Ms Spears and Mr Federline were not immediately available for comment.
The judge's order came 10 days after the 25-year-old singer was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after allegedly driving into a parked car, and driving without a valid licence.
If found guilty she could go to jail for six months.
Substance abuse
Her comeback appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this month was also panned by critics.
Last month Judge Scott Gordon said Ms Spears showed "a habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol".
She was ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol tests twice a week as part of her child custody dispute with Mr Federline.
The judge also ordered Ms Spears and Mr Federline to complete a parenting class.
However, on Monday he ruled that Mr Federline "is to retain physical custody of the minor children on Wednesday October 3, 2007 at 12pm until further order of the court", the official court documents said.
Ms Spears married the backing dancer in October 2004, but the pair filed for divorce last November.
The divorce was finalised on 30 July and since then the estranged couple have shared an equal amount of time with the two boys.
However, Mr Federline has been fighting for greater time and more money.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7023124.stm
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Singer Britney Spears has been ordered to hand over her two young children to her former husband.
A judge in Los Angeles ruled that Kevin Federline be given custody of Sean Preston, two, and one-year-old Jayden James, until further notice.
Ms Spears has recently been charged over a motoring incident, and dropped by her management firm.
Representatives for Ms Spears and Mr Federline were not immediately available for comment.
The judge's order came 10 days after the 25-year-old singer was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after allegedly driving into a parked car, and driving without a valid licence.
If found guilty she could go to jail for six months.
Substance abuse
Her comeback appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this month was also panned by critics.
Last month Judge Scott Gordon said Ms Spears showed "a habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol".
She was ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol tests twice a week as part of her child custody dispute with Mr Federline.
The judge also ordered Ms Spears and Mr Federline to complete a parenting class.
However, on Monday he ruled that Mr Federline "is to retain physical custody of the minor children on Wednesday October 3, 2007 at 12pm until further order of the court", the official court documents said.
Ms Spears married the backing dancer in October 2004, but the pair filed for divorce last November.
The divorce was finalised on 30 July and since then the estranged couple have shared an equal amount of time with the two boys.
However, Mr Federline has been fighting for greater time and more money.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7023124.stm