Washington
(ANI):
Troubled
singer
Britney
Spears
has
finally
ended
her
painful
custody
battle
with
her
ex-husband
Kevin
Federline,
losing
sole
rights
of
her
sons
to
him.
K-Fed's
longtime
attorney
Mark
Vincent
Kaplan
made
the
news
public.
He
said
that
the
divorced
duo
have
reached
a
settlement
in
their
long-gestating
custody
case.
According
to
the
agreement
signed
by
all
parties,
Federline
gets
sole
legal
and
physical
custody
of
sons
Sean
Preston
and
Jayden
James
and
Spears
will
have
visitation
rights.
"The
case
has
been
settled," E!
Online
quoted
Kaplan,
as
saying.
"The
court
still
has
to
approve
it,"
he
added.
The
case
had
been
set
to
go
to
trial
next
month
but
all
had
been
hoping
to
settle
up
beforehand.
But
although
this
is
theoretically
good
news
for
Federline,
Kaplan
maintains
that
this
isn't
exactly
what
his
client
had
in
mind.
"Kevins
was
not
[out]
to
get
custody.
Kevin's
goal
was
to
set
up
some
kind
of
template
so
the
mother
of
his
children
can
co-parent,"
Kaplan
said.
"He
said
I
need
to
have
Britney
to
be
involved
in
the
co-parenting
of
the
kids
but
I
need
there
to
be
a
structure,"
he
said.
But
this
is
the
structure
he
got
and
"Kevin
is
absolutely
delighted,"
Kaplan
added.