Washington
(ANI):
Britney
Spears
has
notched
a
small
victory
in
her
child
custody
battle
with
ex-husband
Kevin
Federline,
by
winning
the
modified
visitation
rules,
that
allow
her
two
sons
to
spend
the
night
with
her
once
a
week,
as
long
as
they
are
accompanied
by
a
court-sanctioned
monitor.
Spears
made
her
first
court
appearance
on
Oct
11,
pleading
with
a
Los
Angeles
judge
to
be
granted
more
time
with
her
two
sons.
Spears'
attorney
had
filed
an
emergency
motion
on
Oct
10
seeking
to
expand
the
singer's
visitation
rights.
Mark
Vincent
Kaplan,
the
lawyer
for
Kevin
Federline,
said
he
"voluntarily
agreed" to
allow
the
elongated
visit
but
refused
to
offer
any
other
specifics.
The
'Toxic"
singer
made
an
in-person
appeal
two
hours
after
Los
Angeles
Court
Commissioner
Scott
Gordon
initially
refused
to
change
the
custody
arrangements.
Spears
spent
an
hour
answering
the
judge's
questions,
following
which
Gordon
apparently
had
a
change
of
heart,
reports
E!
Online.
Under
Gordon's
current
order,
Spears
is
required
to
have
a
monitor
with
her
at
all
times
when
she
is
in
the
presence
of
her
sons.
If
the
supervisor
determines
that
any
behavior
Spears
exhibits
endanger
her
children
or
be
simply
inappropriate,
her
visits
may
be
cut
short.
Both
Spears
and
Federline
must
appear
in
court
together
at
a
further
hearing
on
October
26,
Los
Angeles
Superior
Court
spokesman
Allan
Parachini
said.
Gordon,
who
had
earlier
deemed
Spears
a
"habitual,
frequent
and
continuous
user" of
alcohol
and
controlled
substances,
temporarily
stripped
her
of
custody
last
week
after
she
failed
to
abide
by
his
terms,
including
submitting
to
random
drug
testing
and
showing
proof
of
a
California
driver's
license.
Since
then,
Spears
has
passed
both
drug
tests
and
her
driver's
license
exam
and
was
counting
on
that
to
expand
her
visitation
rights.