CELEBTV.COM EXCLUSIVE: COURT PAPERS FROM SPEARS HEARING
November 08, 2007
Court documents first obtained by CelebTV.com confirm that a court commissioner ruled Thursday Britney Spears must provide a single, working telephone number to the court for drug testing purposes.
"In the event that the petitioner changes the telephone number, she is to immediately provide the new number to her counsel who will in turn immediately provide written notice of the new number to counsel for respondent and the testing facility," a minute order from the Nov. 8 hearing says.
The emergency hearing was held in Los Angeles Superior Court after Kevin Federline's attorney alleged Spears had repeatedly failed to respond to calls for court-ordered drug and alcohol tests.
Of the 14 such calls placed to Spears, she failed to respond eight times, Federline attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon earlier in the day.
Spears lawyer Anne Kiley argued that Spears hadn't responded within an hour, as ordered by the court, because she was sleeping, and asked that she be given a six hour time-frame instead. But Gordon said time wasn't the problem, noting Spears had lost telephone numbers and changed numbers.
"There needs to be one number that the testing facility calls that she responds to," Gordon ruled. He added that she can change phones, as long as everyone involved is notified.
Federline, 29, and Spears, 25, were not in court for the hearing. After a break, Gordon issued his ruling, adding that he was not going to make any further modifications to existing custody orders.
Under those orders, Federline has temporary custody of Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, because Spears has defied court orders. Spears gets one overnight visit and two daytime visits a week. A court-appointed parenting coach, a childproofed home and car restraints were all written into the orders.
Another hearing in the case is set for Nov. 26.
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