Court maintains ruling against Spears
Gordon issued that order the day after police were called to Spears' home when she refused to return the children to Federline after a monitored visit and officers had paramedics haul the pop star off to a hospital for undisclosed reasons. She was released after a day and a half at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Police officers monitoring the paparazzi outside the courthouse warned them to stay on the sidewalk, and several were issued citations for being in the street.
Spears married Federline in 2004 and filed for divorce in 2006. Throughout 2007, her behaviour was erratic and highly public, as a train of photographers trailed her everywhere.
A court ordered her to undergo random drug and alcohol testing, and to temporarily give the boys to Federline. Spears' attorneys asked the court this month to be relieved as her counsel because of a ''breakdown'' in communication. That motion will be heard on February 4, 2008.
(With inputs from Raquel Maria Dillon)
