Posted February 23, 200817 yr Britney's Visitation Rights to be Restored -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TMZ has learned Britney Spears has won her visitation rights back -- with strings attached. We're told lawyers for both sides have hashed out a deal in which Britney will get visitation in a therapeutic setting. Commish Scott Gordon has signed off on the agreement. It's a deal more than a week in the making. The parties had agreed in principle last weekend to a deal but it fell apart in court last Tuesday. We're also told K-Fed is down with Britney seeing the kids again. -TMZ K-Fed Opens Door for Britney Visits. Kevin Federline is ready to let Britney Spears back into the picture. "I think that both sides agree that visitation would be what's best for the children," Federline attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan exclusively told E! News Friday. "Certainly that's something that she keenly desires to have start as soon as possible. "We're just trying to work out the details…that assure that there will be continuity and stability," he said. "They say the devil's in the details, so that's what everyone's working on right now." Federline has had sole custody since October, and Spears hasn't seen two-year-old Sean Preston and 17-month-old Jayden James since Jan. 3, after she refused to allow Federline's bodyguard to pick up the boys after one of her monitored visits and she ended up under observation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The troubles songstress was stripped of her visitation privileges and has only been allowed to contact the boys by phone. But while Federline seems to have things under control—"A hands-on dad…He's with the kids 24/7," Kaplan said—the consensus is that Sean and Jayden shouldn't be without their mom for too long. "Kevin looks forward to developments in the future whereby the children will have a mother who will participate in their lives," said Kaplan, who on Tuesday met with Britney's outgoing and incoming family attorneys, Anne Kiley and Stacy Phillips, to try to fashion a visitation game plan. "That's his goal, that's [Jamie Spears'] goal, that's her lawyer's goal. So, in that regard, we are all on the same page." And the fact that Jamie is temporarily in charge of his daughter's finances and general welfare hasn't exactly been a bad thing, as far as Federline's camp is concerned. "With Jamie as the conservator, it puts a lot of different dynamics into the case that were necessary but not present before," Kaplan said. "Obviously, Jamie is somebody who is reliable, that has the best interest of the petitioner in mind. He has, so to speak, cleaned house and got everyone away from her that he didn't feel were necessarily acting in her best interests." So, it seems pretty clear as to where Kaplan stands as far as Britney pal Sam Lutfi, who under a temporary restraining order is prohibited from approaching the singer until at least Mar. 17, is concerned. "The fact that he's served is a good thing," Kaplan said. "I think it just gives the conservator more control over the situation and certainly protects against outside contact that probate court is trying to stop." But as far as Britney's time with Sean and Jayden is concerned, Jamie's increased influence in the Blackout popster's life is a good thing, not least because Jamie and Lynne Spears have already been cultivating their relationship with the kids while they've been staying at K-Fed's house. "I think that his presence in the case is an extreme positive, and it helps to stabilize a situation that was wildly in flux," Kaplan said. "At least I don't have to be nervous about what [the] situation is over at the residence where visitation might be taking place. "When I'm nervous, it's not necessarily a good thing. You have children in the middle and you always have to keep a view of that. You can't go into court, regardless of how impassioned your plea is, with something you know is not reasonably going to be perceived as what is best for the children." And perhaps with mom back in the picture, dad will be able to pursue some of the film, TV and even stage offers Kaplan says is coming Federline's way these days. "I don't think it will affect the kids, because what he takes will be based in part on his availability to be there," he said. "That's extremely important to him. He certainly wouldn't take any offer that would deprive the children of his presence." The next hearing in the Spears-Federline custody case is set for Mar. 10. Britney has yet to undergo a court-ordered evaluation, the report from which must be turned in 10 days prior to the hearing, Kaplan said. The evaluation will be a "key ingredient" in determining Britney's readiness to care for her children. Source: E!
February 23, 200817 yr Author YAY, I think this will really help her. And I think she will actually be even more prone to getting better now that therapy is required for visitation!
February 29, 200817 yr Kevin's being nice? :blink:He's doing it for good publicity. Notice how he said it announced it to the world first :puke2: :blink:
