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March 25, 2006
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Britney Spears' nearly two-year ongoing custody drama with ex-husband Kevin Federline ended Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Federline's child support payments will go from $15,000 to $20,000 beginning July 15, 2008, according to court documents. Spears will also pay Federline's $250,000 legal bill.
"The children are well adjusted. I only see them when they're with Kevin," Federline's attorney, Mark Kaplan tells Usmagazine.com. "They are vibrant, happy well-adjusted kids."
Kaplan continued, "Kevin is delighted to have this ordeal over. He is greatly relieved and very happy this worked out."
Last week Spears, 26, agreed to give Federline, 30, sole custody of their boys Sean Preston, 2 1/2, and Jayden, 1 1/2.
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Federline is "absolutely delighted," his lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan has said.
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Spears currently has monitored, twice-a-week visitation and one overnight visitation per week. Under the settlement, Spears will get more time with her kids, her attorney, Laura Wasser said last week.
"It was a victory for the whole family that they don't have to go to a trial," she said. "I think they figured out a way to work together, to co-parent and make sure their kids will benefit from the result of that."
The singer lost visitation rights in January after she was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Since then, she has been under the co-conservatorship of her father, Jamie. (A hearing is set for July 31 to determine if the co-conservatorship will be extended.)
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Check out the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now, for the full story on why Spears made the hard decision to give up custody.
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