A lawyer for Britney Spears has asked the LA Courts to keep files relating to her long running custody battle with Kevin Federline a secret from the LA County Department Of Children & Family Services on the grounds that if the files are handed over to such a large organisation there is a high chance personal information about the singer and her negotiations with the Fed will be leaked to the media.
The DCFS is presumably keen to see the files because of the various discussions regarding Spears' parenting skills that have taken place as part of the custody battle. Federline's lawyers have also expressed concerns regarding the passing of the files to the DCFS, though his people have said they would be OK with relevant sections being passed on, providing they were informed as to which sections were deemed relevant.
Another session in the ongoing custody proceedings took place yesterday also, with visitation rights for the Christmas period being discussed. Apparently last week Britney spent the night before Thanksgiving with her children, who then spent the big day itself with their father. A similar set up is rumoured to have been agreed for Christmas.
Elsewhere in Britney news, there are rather strange rumours that the singer is trying to adopt a set of twins from China, and that she has told friends she is in the final stages of talks with an adoption agency. But I find that hard to believe - when the authorities take away your own children I don't think you're meant to just replace them with someone else's.