Celebrity Justice
Commish to Brit -- Nighttime Is the Right Time

Britney Spears will get one overnight visit with her kids per week -- at least for now.

L.A. County Court Commissioner Scott Gordon partially accepted her lawyer's plea to give Spears monitored overnight visitation. Spears, who was in court, was sworn in as the afternoon hearing began. She testified, but we don't know what she said.

Spears left the courtroom visibly upset. The overnight visits will be monitored. The parties have not reached an agreement on choosing a different monitor than the one who is already in place.

A court spokesman said today was the result of a compromise between the two sides -- Brit wanted more, K-Fed didn't want her to have any overnights.

K-Fed's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, said after the hearing that he met with Brit's lawyers during the lunch hour. The attorneys told the court that they all agreed to "slightly increase" Brit's visitation. In other words, K-Fed agreed to give Brit a break, and a chance.

Kaplan said protections were in place for the kids.


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256. God help that poor court monitor for those young boys! Now she needs to sleep overnight at Britney's house to protect her own children? Can you imagine that job?! What will she need to do when the inevitable happens? I hope she is paid well. She deserves it for what she will endure from Britney Spears.

Posted at 2:26AM on Oct 12th 2007 by That poor court monitor!

257. I think Britney's monitored visitation with the children is a step in the right direction although it is contradictory to the law system-others don't have the same special treatment. Usually parents have to complete their court order, ie:parenting class, drug testing, etc.
Hopefully Brit, KFed and the kids will in the future, have an arrangement that is co-hesive. My issue is with the children~what will they think of all this when they grow up and see all that needed to be done on their behalf. What a shame!

Posted at 2:46AM on Oct 12th 2007 by Child Advocate

258. I see so many nasty comments concerning Britney getting more time with her kids. Does it ever occur to you that our opinions about this girl and her motherhoodskills are totally based on the stories/pictures we see from her in the media. How reliable are stories from gossip magazines anyway. Most important thing is that the judge, based on facts and hearings, judged that she earned more visitation rights. That mus mean she has done something good. And how about the rumor that she uses drugs. If she really was that addicted as k-fed implies, than she would never had passed weekly and random drug tests. That stuff stays in your system for quite a while.

Posted at 2:47AM on Oct 12th 2007 by Ilse

259. To #258 Ilse Reply
Many of the Reported incidents are facts and not gossip heresay. Britneys blatant disregard for the judges orders inflamed many people. It made it appear that she was flaunting her celbrity and is above the law, but worst of all that she was unwilling to fight for her children. Her irratic behavior in public is also not fabricated. I know that the paps are irritating, but they did not dress Britney. She is the one who chose to wear a blouse as a dress, to go in front of the cameras without panties or a bra and flash her cooch. Her choices.
Also, The overnight visitation was not earned by her. The judge allowed a compromise between the parties. She earned nothing. She asked for full custody and was denied. At best a small nudge is the right direction for her. In California family law, once the balance of custody starts leaning in favor of one parent over another it will take some serious work to right it again. And make no mistake, right now the balance is leaning in favor of Kevin. You should also research drug abuse and the length of time it takes for substances to pass through your system as well as the masks that are available to pass drug tests. Many posts today have listed them. Hair follicle testing is also out of the question, since she shaved away her hair. However, the fact that she did pass the tests is good news. The fact that she bothered to show up at court today is good news. This is a serious custody battle, and perhaps she now understands that she has a serious role in this situation. Not everything in life is handed to you on a silver platter.
Britney is responsible for her own actions!
She is no victim.

Posted at 3:46AM on Oct 12th 2007 by Erica

260.
normally the ruling should have taken less then an hour. So why after 5 hours were all those lawyers still at the court house when Brit decided to grace them with her presence?

Posted at 4:34AM on Oct 12th 2007 by jay

261.
260 by Erica

Right on.

Posted at 4:48AM on Oct 12th 2007 by Summer

262.
Waiting for the reality show announcement.
Britney, boys, mom and the court monitor.

Posted at 4:51AM on Oct 12th 2007 by Lemonhead

263. Britney--------------YOU CAN DO THIS BRIT---------------PLEASE GET YOUR LIFE IN ORDER-----------------
Britney, you have got to think of your 2 precious little boys. Of all your accomplisments in this world they ate the nost important ones. --------------------------- D0N'T MAKE THEM SUFFER ESPECIALLY WITH THEM PROBABLY ALREADY THINKING IT'S THEIR FAULT.
Britanny, you can do this and you know what you have to do. GOOD LUCK BRITANY AND GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA------------------ragsmom157@aol.com

Posted at 11:06PM on Oct 12th 2007 by Debby Lehigh

264. Her kids are 1 and 2, and NOW she wants to "bond" with them?

Posted at 8:06AM on Oct 12th 2007 by luvsmykids

265. Britney is a selfish, spoiled immature moron who ABANDONED her children through her childish behavior. Everytime she packs those two precious kids in the back of her convertible, and DELIBERATELY drove up and down Robertson until the paps saw her, she indangered their lives so she could have some pics taken. She clearly has Munchausen By Proxy and will do ANYTHING to be photographed. Again, another panty-less prance through hollywood. She is a low class whore with NO TALENT. Her talent is flashing her lips.

Posted at 8:37AM on Oct 12th 2007 by concerned citizen

266. Why are the baby shoe pink? I've wondered this for a while because she has boys...And, why id there one pair of pink shoes?? She has two kids...Alright, here is my thought...She's not totally crazy, I believe that she is severly depressed & that the strange stuff that we all see her do is b/c of that & she is trying to soothe her pain & misery with the booze. Ok, back to the PINK baby shoes- They are hanging from her mirror for a reason, was Britney supposed to have a baby girl also? Did she have a miscarrage? Is that why there are there & was Kevin her support through this while they were together?
Could Kevin not take it anymore & thats why the split up?
Hmmmm......It makes you wonder...So, in short- the media should cut her a break & so should we...There is a portrait painted of her by the media & by us but, do ANY OF US REALLY KNOW WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON???? Yes, I agree she needs to get out of California & get help.
I have watched her strange behavior just like the rest of you have but, one thing is for sure- The media is hurting her...She has some problems but, so do I & I'm damned sure that everyone else out there does too...She is targeted by the media and I'm sure that it was fun at first but, it WILL eventualy die off...Let's just all think & fully evaluate the situation before we assume... B/c it makes an ASS OUT OF U & ME!!Thank you!

Posted at 9:41AM on Oct 12th 2007 by Dragoneyez

267. How much more of this can Brit take. Kevin is a golddigger. If it wasn't for Brit, he'd be a no talented nothing. He owes Brit alot more than an overnighter with her kids.

Posted at 10:24AM on Oct 12th 2007 by buffbodz

268. the second she's given slack... she's gonna get bad again

Posted at 11:11AM on Oct 12th 2007 by www.sugar-shoes.co.uk

269. I cannot believe that she got overnight visitation! She is a danger to those children. She cannot take care of herself so how does anyone in their right mind expect her to care for the children? I hope that the montitor is able to protect the children! I feel sorry for them! can anyone tell me when is Britney home at night to care anyway about the children being there? I did'nt think she would miss them. I guess we all want what we cannot have!

Posted at 11:37AM on Oct 12th 2007 by Andrea

270. there is so many truly abused and neglected kids in the foster care system... britney's kids are not abused or neglected they will not go to bed hungry or beaten. where is all the attention for the kids truly in need of all this attention. K-fed is a loser that wants more money, those kids are HIS meal ticket.

Posted at 11:54AM on Oct 12th 2007 by michelle

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