Celebrity Justice
Lawyers to Brit: Honey, You Gotta Show for This

Britney SpearsSources connected with the custody case tell TMZ Britney Spears has been strongly urged to attend tomorrow's hearing. We're told her lawyers know if she doesn't show, it will be curtains -- at least in the short term.

Sources tell us Brit's lawyers know Commissioner Scott Gordon expects Britney to address a number of issues surrounding the craziness at her home a week ago Thursday. In particular, commissioner Gordon wants Brit to explain why she violated the custody order by not turning the kids over to K-Fed's security guard at 7:00 that evening. The commissioner is also keenly interested in Britney's behavior that caused her to be placed on a 5150 hold at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Britney's lawyers know if she does not attend tomorrow's hearing, the Commish almost certainly will extend the ban on visitation until the April trial.

The wild card, of course, is Britney herself. She hates appearing in court and it's certainly possible she'll be a no-show on Monday. TMZ will stream live video at the courthouse tomorrow, so watch and see if Brit appears!



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31. 23.
It will depend on her mood(s) and her chemical intake for the day.

Posted at 3:25PM on Jan 13th 2008 by Scoop
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Xanax...Lots of Xanax will be in order

But Britney, don't drink and take Xanax at the same time...it does bad things.

Posted at 3:38PM on Jan 13th 2008 by More amazed every day

32. Why did Cedar let her out so quickly???Why did Cedar allow Dr. Phil to trespass and get into her room at the hospital?
What is KFed doing with the children? He was in Vegas partying New Year's Eve. Is he just sitting on his lazy ass and watching football as his rep said? Who is actually spending quality time with the children??? A paid nanny???? Kaplan and KFed want Britney's MONEY. They don't care about the welfare of the children.

Posted at 3:39PM on Jan 13th 2008 by Jan

33. She'll show. On time, late, but she will. Then the kooky judge/commisioner will let this stretch out untill next time, and the next, and the next.
She a celeb, and the rules DONT appy to her. have'nt you all seen this before? Like its gonna change....

Posted at 3:40PM on Jan 13th 2008 by mrballgag

34. Wonder what the Vegas odd are of Brit showing up.

Posted at 3:40PM on Jan 13th 2008 by Amy

35. Court calendar is showing hearing scheduled for 8:30 am ~ odds are BS will have some kind of illness and hearing will be continued until 1:00 pm.

We'll see what kind of influence this Adnan has over her ~ good, bad or just plain ugly?

Posted at 3:41PM on Jan 13th 2008 by Lo

36. 33. Just would like to say I agree about more amazed and feel sorry for her kids!! Pretty is , is pretty does. Ain't nothing pretty about her and I have seen her picture. She needs to get her butt off the computer and go pay attention to her family.

Posted at 3:38PM on Jan 13th 2008 by your right
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Thanks for caring, in fact, we're all here laughing at you right now.

Posted at 3:42PM on Jan 13th 2008 by More amazed every day

37. If she shows – HaHa … they better have an ambulance on hand to take her away, after Commish Gordon grills her.

No matter what happens tomorrow, I believe she will get some limited visitation. It won’t be for her benefit … but her boys benefit … so that they will know who she is, and if and when she can pull herself together … it won’t be like trying to have a relationship with a complete stranger.

Posted at 3:45PM on Jan 13th 2008 by DIANE T

38. This Commissioner must be star struck--it's as though he'll let this go on indefinitely in the vain hope of seeing Spears

Posted at 3:45PM on Jan 13th 2008 by sammy

39. "...at least in the short term." ? I keep reading that. It isn't much of a threat.

Posted at 3:48PM on Jan 13th 2008 by Kacky

40. More amazed, we were laughing so hard we peed our pants when we went to your my space. Thanks for the laugh. Have a good one.

Posted at 3:49PM on Jan 13th 2008 by your right

41. So tommorrow, I hope that this commissioner gets his head out of his ass and cracks the whip on both of them and KFeds attorney. I would love to see him assign an attorney to the kids to represent them and protect their rights. Children are not toys, the damage that they are both doing to them is sick and unforgivable.

Posted at 3:35PM on Jan 13th 2008 by OMG
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I agree with the majority of your post, however, have you read anything, anywhere, that K-Fed isn't being a good parent? He's getting $20,000 a month, he doesn't need to work(I sure as hell wouldn't be if I had a 1 & 2 year old to raise). As far as getting him drug tested, don't you think Britney's attorney's would be bringing that up BIGTIME if they thought he was? If there's a suspicion of that, then they should definitely pursue it. She doesn't seem to have anything else on him, so why not?

Posted at 3:51PM on Jan 13th 2008 by More amazed every day

42. Can't wait to see what she's going to pull tomorrow!. She's totally incapable of showing up, on time, and doing what she's supposed to do, like a normal human being. Hope the judge mops the floor with her!

Posted at 3:51PM on Jan 13th 2008 by Penderah

43. "Sources" also told you that she was en route to Teterboro Airport. Blah Blah Blah

Posted at 3:53PM on Jan 13th 2008 by Michele

44.
I don't think she will show up. IMO

Posted at 3:56PM on Jan 13th 2008 by Scoop

45. No matter what happens tomorrow, I believe she will get some limited visitation. It won’t be for her benefit … but her boys benefit … so that they will know who she is, and if and when she can pull herself together … it won’t be like trying to have a relationship with a complete stranger.

Posted at 3:45PM on Jan 13th 2008 by DIANE T
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They are supposed to have the trial in April. With the way Britney's been acting lately out in public, I'm not so sure it would be good for her kids to see her until she is stabilized on meds and stops speaking with a British accent. It might seriously scare the boys to see her like that.

Posted at 3:56PM on Jan 13th 2008 by More amazed every day

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