Celebrity Justice
Brit Wants Therapeutic Visitation

Posted Jan 22nd 2008 12:09PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned Britney Spears' lawyers will go to court tomorrow and ask Commissioner Scott Gordon to allow Brit "monitored visitation in a therapeutic setting."

TMZ has learned Brit's family and professionals in her life have been planning a "creative way" to get Britney mental help. As TMZ first reported, Britney has some sort of bipolar disorder. We know the plan is not involuntary commitment -- under the law she's simply not a candidate. It's not voluntarily commitment either -- Brit has refused to do that. The family and professionals have devised a different way of getting her evaluated and hopefully treated.

But there's a rub, which we'll explain in the next post.

The hearing is scheduled for tomorrow at 8:30 AM. Don't know if Brit and K-Fed will show, but it's certainly not out of the question.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears

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1. Show up honey its for the kids. Anything you do from now on should be for the kids. Goodluck sweetie.

Posted at 12:11PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by MaMa Knows

2. leave her alone, and let her get the help she needs..........privately!

Posted at 12:12PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by geez

3. Britney and privacy does not go together.......and I totally agree with mamaknows, her kids should be first. Not her paparrazi hook-ups or that osama kid who just gives me a sick feeling.

Posted at 12:14PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Jessica

4. I'm tired of reading a hundred stories a day on Spears just let us know when she dies

Posted at 12:14PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by cee

5. You go girl, get the help, visit with you son. Get you life in order.

WAY TO GO BRIT WE LOVE YOU AND SO DO YOUR CHILDREN.

SHOW THE WORLD YOUR THE SAME BRITNEY WITH PROBLEMS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, DO IT FOR YOURSELF AND DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN,

AND KICK KEVIN'S BUTT IN COURT, YOUR THE MOM GO FOR IT.

Posted at 12:15PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Paris

6. If she is willing to to that, then she should be allowed to see them.

Posted at 12:16PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by trinity

7. I hope she does get supervised visitation because those boys need to see their mother. I'm also concerned she might see this as some sort of set-up to get her committed. And if she didn't see it that way, she will now after TMZ blows the plan to the world.

At any rate, do the right thing Britney for your boys first and yourself as well.

Oh and get well. I don't believe you are bi-polar at all...I think you're majorly depressed and a bit frantic, or alot.

Posted at 12:16PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by a fan

8. Britney's problem is she can go in and out of craziness and then everybody feels sorry for her. Make her a.s.s. agree to some real help before caving in to her.

Posted at 12:16PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by MeMe

9. It's 8:30 AM. We can be sure that Brit won't be there.

Posted at 12:17PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by K

10. GOOD and I hope she gets this type of visitation. People forget that it's harming these boys being away from their mother. Supervised visition, even strict supervision, is the right thing to do.

Posted at 12:17PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by a mother

11. Come on! If she cared about getting her kids back she'd be seeking treatment or, at the VERY LEAST not driving around flirting with papparazzi.

Posted at 12:17PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by ihatethisguy

12. Why is the bipolar problem just now showing up? Is this something a person is born with or does it "develop" later in life?

Posted at 12:18PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by heidi

13. She doesn't need ANY visitation. The kids need some stability and less drama (though it is hard to see how they will get that with their uneducated, worthless father).

Posted at 12:19PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Debra

14. Sounds like the family is finally stepping in. In a good way. Hope it works.

Posted at 12:19PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Kelli

15. Hopefully she will go to the hearing. To the paps out there, leave her alone! Don't come running when she calls, let her go to the hearing! You are not helping her any, and as long you continue to not help her, she won't help herself!

Posted at 12:19PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Me

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