Spears' Lawyer Seeks to Permanently Seal Documents in Child Custody Battle

A lawyer for Britney Spears isn't interested in the media getting a look at the court papers involving the singer's custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

The attorney has filed a motion asking California court commissioner to make permanent a conditional order to seal all documents dealing with custody. It was filed in response to a motion by People magazine and a TV station seeking to unseal some of the papers.

A Place to Hand Off Kids for Visits

The Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity in West Chester this weekend will become a place where a parent who has weekday custody of a child can safely hand over that child for a weekend visit with the other parent.

Judge Katherine B.L. Platt of Chester County Family Court said she arranged the site for "parents who are separated, divorced or never married, parents who are not living together any longer, but have children together."

Platt said in an interview that most such parents "are able to exchange their children in perfect peace and harmony.

Pair Seeks Return of Seven Kids

The parents of seven young children who were removed from a rat-infested home in July - which has since been condemned by the city of Lubbock - have embarked on a path to regain custody of their children for the second time.

The children of Anthony Moya, 40, and Gloria Ramirez, 26, were removed from the couple's crumbling home on 2014 Ave. L at the behest of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

Mother, Grandmother Sentenced in Child Custody Kidnap Case

The mother of a 17-month-old child and the child’s grandmother were sentenced Monday after being convicted of kidnapping the toddler last February from a Broad Top township residence.

Sarah Marie Guinn, 19, of Frostburg, was sentenced by Judge Daniel Howsare to serve three months to 23 1/2 months in the Bedford County Jail in addition to one year of probation. She also was ordered to pay $650 in fines and court costs.

Witness Contradicts Testimony Over Letters in International Custody Dispute Over Cuban Girl

A custody hearing over a 4-year-old Cuban girl in the U.S. focused Friday on whether letters purportedly written to her by her father from the communist country had been faked.

A relative of the girl took the stand and denied claims made Thursday by the child's mother, Elena Perez, that Perez had agreed on one occasion with the father's attorneys to fake loving letters to the child when she was living in Texas.