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WORLD / Newsmaker
Spears ordered to submit to random tests
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-19 12:02
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears has been ordered to undergo random drug and
alcohol testing twice a week, according to court documents in her custody
dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Britney Spears, left, and Kevin Federline arrive for the LG Mariah Carey
and Jermaine Dupri Post Grammy Party in this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo in
Beverly Hills, Calif. Spears' lawyer wants to seal all court papers in
her custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline over their two small
sons. [AP]?
The order was issued Monday by a judge who required both parents to
refrain from drinking and using drugs around their two young children and
12 hours before either cares for them. Only Spears was ordered to submit
to testing.
"Based on the evidence presented, the court finds that there is a
habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and
alcohol" by Spears, Superior Court Judge Scott M. Gordon said in court
documents.
Messages left with attorneys for Spears and Federline were not
immediately returned.
The singer married Federline in October 2004. She filed for divorce last
November, and the divorce became official July 30. The two have joint
custody of their sons - Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1 - but
Federline is seeking a greater share of custody.
The judge also said Spears must meet for eight hours a week with a
"parenting coach" who will observe and report back to the court about her
parenting skills.
Both parents are prohibited from "making derogatory remarks" about each
other in their children's presence, and from "using corporal punishment"
to discipline them. Each must complete the court's "Parenting Without
Conflict" class.
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