Britney Spears Deposed In Custody Case

(AP)  Britney Spears finally appeared Thursday for a deposition in her child-custody battle with Kevin Federline, her ex-husband's lawyer said.

Spears was deposed for just 14 minutes, attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told reporters after the 26-year-old singer left.

Paparazzi sprinted after Spears, who was wearing a hot pink dress and sunglasses, as she drove away from the Century City office tower where Kaplan's law offices are located in a white Mercedes-Benz. Security guards dashed across the driveway to keep photographers on the sidewalk.

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Spears called in sick for a Dec. 12 court-ordered deposition, but was photographed that day driving with a friend. She also didn't show up for a session Wednesday, Kaplan said.

Spears' attorneys from the firm Trope and Trope filed a court motion Wednesday asking to be relieved due to a "breakdown" in communication with their client.

Kaplan said Spears' attorneys were present for what became a very abbreviated session.

"The deposition proceeding did go forward today. It was scheduled for 9:45 to 11:45," Kaplan said. "However, it wasn't able to commence until 11:32."

"You can imagine in 14 minutes there's not a lot of time to develop questions," he said.

Kaplan said another deposition will be scheduled.

Spears' representatives didn't speak to reporters outside the office building.

Spears and Federline, 29, have been wrangling over custody of their sons, 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James.

Federline has temporary custody of the children because Spears, who has limited visitation rights, has defied court orders. The two were married in October 2004 and divorced in July.

[kevzgrl]

"The deposition proceeding did go forward today. It was scheduled for 9:45 to 11:45," Kaplan said. "However, it wasn''t able to commence until 11:32."

So it was SCHEDULED to start at 9:45, but couldn''t start until 11:32 - what''s wrong, couldn''t she pry herself out of bed and into that "minidress" earlier? I just love how these over-privledgeed "stars" hold themselves above all the legal process and common courtesies that we "lower classes" take for granted we will honor. She DEFIES court orders, she blows off lawyers advice and skips appointments claiming illness (only to show up later on having a good time with friends) - wonder what will happen when they photograph her driving with the kids with a lit cigarrette stuck in her enhanced mouth. Didn''t that law go into effect Jan. 1 that you aren''t allowed to do that any longer? Probably a pat on the wrist and a "Don''t do it again".....

[misssuzq]

14 minutes is about the time that it takes to record that the deponent or attorney did not appear.

It takes about 14 minutes when the depo goes forward to take the basic information before getting into the details.

Why doesn''t the court just give full custody to Kevin and then work out the rest later so that they have some sort of normalcy?

It is so clear that she is not interested.

[previn2]

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