BRITNEY SPEARS DUE IN COURT MONDAY MORNING
January 14, 2008
CelebTV.com is at the L.A. County Courthouse, where Kevin Federline and his attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan arrived together at 8:45 a.m. PST.
According to an LAPD source, Britney Spears is still at her home.
Monday may be a make-or-break day for Spears, who is scheduled to appear for what an attorney described Sunday as "the most significant hearing in the case so far" in the pop star's effort to regain visitation rights.
"I don't know if she will be there," Kaplan said. "You can't phone this one in."
But Spears has had trouble making recent court dates. On Dec. 12, she called in sick for a court-ordered deposition, then arrived nearly two hours late on its rescheduled date, Jan. 3.
Police and emergency medical technicians who were summoned to her home the night of Jan. 3 in a standoff involving her refusal to return the boys, Jayden James, 1, and Sean Preston, 2 to ex-husband Federline will testify Monday, probably behind closed doors, Kaplan said.
If Spears comes to court, Kaplan said she would be expected to testify.
"She will have the opportunity to persuade the court that she can have some visitation under monitored conditions," he said.
Kaplan said he knew it was only a temporary measure when he obtained emergency court orders two weeks ago granting sole physical and legal custody to Federline.
