Spears loses custody of kids to Federline

October 2, 2007

Los Angeles - Severely troubled singer Britney Spears has been ordered to forfeit custody her two children to her former husband, Kevin Federline.

A judge in Los Angeles ruled that Federline be given custody of Sean Preston, two, and one-year-old Jayden James, until further notice.

Spears has recently been charged over a car accident, dropped by her management firm, accused of using drugs, and dragged out of bars at 2 AM drunk.

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 license.

If found guilty she could go to jail for six months.

Her comeback appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this month was a shambles.

In September, Judge Scott Gordon said 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 Federline.

The judge also ordered Spears and Federline to complete a parenting class.

However, on Monday he ruled that 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.

Spears married the backup dancer in October 2004, but the pair filed for divorce last November.

The divorce was finalized on July 30 and since then the estranged couple have shared an equal amount of time with the two boys.

Federline has been fighting for greater time and more money.

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