Britney Spears has been ordered by a Los Angelos judge to hand over her two young children to her former husband, Kevin Federline.
He will have custody of Sean Preston, two, and one-year-old Jayden James, until further notice. 25 year old Britney has recently been dropped by her management firm and has been 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.
Her comeback appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this month, when she seemed to have trouble lip-synching, was panned by critics.
Last month Judge Scott Gordon said Ms Spears showed "a habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol" and 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.
Britney 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.
October 2007
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