Britney Spears is back in court for a key hearing on Tuesday in her prolonged battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline over custody of their two young sons.

Britney Spears turned up on time and in the company of her parents. It is the first time in several months that the entertainer has appeared in court in the multiple sessions surrounding her divorce and her personal life.

Britney Spears is expected to ask for more time with sons Sean Preston, 2-1/2, and Jayden James, 20 months, after being stripped of legal and physical custody last October, and losing all visitation rights in January.

 

Spears appears to have turned her life around in the past two months after a year of bizarre behavior and two brief hospitalizations in Los Angeles for psychiatric evaluation.

Federline agreed in February that Spears could occasionally see the boys under supervision.