Los Angeles (E! Online) - The paparazzi arent the only ones angling
for a better look at Britney and her babies.
Last month, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family
Services filed a motion to access some of the sealed family court
records pertaining to Spears and Kevin Federlines ongoing custody
battle, according to 300 pages of Britney-related documents made
public Tuesday.
While the government agency was aware of the many stipulations
handed down by the court, the high-profile nature of the case and the
associated hullabaloo that occurs every time Spears and K-Fed, or
their lawyers, are called to court, the DCFS stated in papers filed
Oct. 25 that it was at a severe disadvantage in its investigation of
Spears mothering habits. (View the filing.)
It should be noted that DCFS has concerns of its own regarding the
safety and welfare of the children if the children are left in the
mothers care, the motion states.
The DCFS first approached the pop princess household early last year
after the infamous picture of Spears holding Sean Preston on her lap
while driving made the rounds, and then again after the
then-seven-month-old was diagnosed with a skull fracture after
falling out of his highchair while under a nannys care.
Meanwhile, the agencys aforementioned concern was voiced before
Spears latest red-light run--the one that finally cost her her
baby-on-board driving privileges--and five days before Court
Commissioner Scott M. Gordon denied an attempt on Spears part to
regain joint custody of her boys.
Attorneys for the DCFS, which promises to keep the confidential docs
under wraps, argued their case during a hearing Nov. 26 that was
subsequently closed to the public.
Spears and Federline have been fighting off the medias attempts to
delve deeper into the case for much of the past year. Gordon unsealed
certain documents in September, ruling that airing some of the duos
dirty laundry--minus personal details; appointment times, dates and
places; medical records; etc.--might be in the kids best interest.
But Spears has claimed the media finds a way to get all up in her
business, regardless of the so-called discretion exercised by the
court.
In a declaration taken Oct. 9 and filed the following day, the Toxic
songstress stated that she tries to keep two-year-old Sean Preston and
one-year-old Jayden James whereabouts and transportation schedule as
secret as possible in order to minimize chances that unscrupulous
journalists will gain unwelcome access to me and the boys.
Such information greatly increase the chances that the actions of
the media could threaten the safety of the children by, for example,
causing a traffic accident or by exposing them to criminals who might
target them for financial gain.
Also released Tuesday were a couple of invoices from the firm of
Kaplan & Simon, which reps K-Fed. The aspiring rapper turned one of
Details magazines 50 Most Influential Men Under 45 (hes tied for
seventh with Larry Birkhead) racked up $66,593.25 in expenses on
Sept. 7, and another $22,337.50 on Sept. 11.
Spears was ordered to cut him a check for $120,000 to put toward
legal expenses on Nov. 6.
