Britney Spears has been allowed to see her boys again, spending three hours with her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James at her Hollywood Hills home on Monday. The children were delivered to the house by Kevin Federline's bodyguard. The singer was, as previously reported, reunited with the two boys on Saturday, seeing them for the first time in two months, after having visitation rights revoked following her highly public breakdown at the start of last month. According to reports, Spears' legal team hopes to get the visits made a regular thrice-weekly event, and Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, says his client is hoping that that kind of arrangement will eventually develop. Kaplan's quoted as saying "These visitations with the boys will help to normalise the family environment. Kevin has always been rooting for Britney to regain visitation. If these visits go well, they will ramp up over time".
Elsewhere in Britney's life, lawyer John Eardley, who claims to be the "only person who represents Britney Spears", is continuing with that previously reported attempt to overturn the conservatorship awarded to the singer's father James, claiming that it violates her civil rights. As you know, because we've told you several times already, a conservatorship is awarded when an individual is deemed unable to be responsible for their own welfare and affairs, and Eardley has filed documents to the federal court on behalf of Britney, asserting that she is being held by her father against her will.
In legal documents filed last week Eardley said: "Mr Spears has now moved into her house and has taken control of her financial assets, as well as her physical custody, all without the benefit of a hearing where Ms Spears would be present". The lawyer goes on to say that Spears has never been on good terms with her father, and so he is now, therefore "concerned for the emotional and physical safety of Britney under these circumstances".
Eardly adds: "Certainly, at this point, it is likely that circumstances have changed and it is time that the conservatee be brought into court for a hearing, where the court can evaluate her in person and hear testimony directly from her".
James Spears has now responded to the action, stating in papers filed on Monday that Eardley may not represent his daughter because, as previously reported, a state court judge ruled that Britney Spears "lacks the capacity to hire an attorney and Mr Eardley cannot remove the conservatorship proceedings on his own behalf". The fact that Eardley has taken the case to federal court is now costing James Spears a lot of money, and he is hoping that the federal court will send the matter back to state court, and award him lawyers fees.
Of course, James Spears is credited with helping to bring about the arrangement for Britney to see the boys and suchlike, and appears to be acting in her interests. Eardley seems to claim otherwise. Asked when he had last spoken with his client, he said: "I talked to her a few days ago and someone wrestled the phone away from her. I've not talked to her since then".