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Britney lost sons' custody after driving them without licence
Fri, Nov 02, 2007
LOS ANGELES - NEWLY released court papers confirm that Britney Spears had to temporarily surrender custody of her sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline because she defied a court order.

The documents released Thursday show a Los Angeles court commissioner ordered Spears and Federline not to drive with their children unless the couple had proper insurance and a valid state driver's license.

The pop star disobeyed the order when she was photographed driving 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James a few days after the Sept 28 order.

At the time, Spears did not have a California license.

After she was forced to hand the children over to Federline, Spears applied for a California license.

Big Spender
Court papers also show the pop singer spends lavishly on clothes and entertainment, and does not save or invest any of her roughly US$737,000 (S$ 1,069,617) monthly income.

Spears' monthly expenses include US$49,267 in mortgage for two houses, US$16,000 for clothes and US$102,000 on entertainment, gifts and vacation, according to her financial declaration in the court papers released on Thursday.

Although she is often photographed eating fast food, Spears declares she spends about US$4,758 per month dining out.

Meanwhile, she spends zero on education, savings and investments and gives US$500 a month in charitable contributions, the documents said.

Child Support
She has to pay her ex-husband US$15,000 per month in child support and US$20,000 in spousal support. Spousal support will end Nov 15.

As for Federline, his biggest monthly expenses include US$7,500 in rent and US$6,000 in security, according to his financial declaration.

The dancer-turned-rapper has a comparably modest monthly budget for clothes - just US$2,000. He also spends about US$5,000 on entertainment, gifts and vacation, and S$1,500 eating out.

Federline earned more than a half-million dollars in 2006, mainly from entertainment and endorsement deals, but grossed only US$7,436 -- AP

 

 
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