Will Britney Show Or Blow?
 The question on every celeb blogger's lips this morning is...will Britney show up for her latest court appearance today in the ongoing custody battle for her sons? Or will she blow it off and not show up at all? Her lawyers are stressing the importance of her making an attempt to look interested in getting her sons back (or maybe they're just stressing), but no word on if it is actually sinking in or not:
The hearing is expected to focus on the four-hour standoff at her Studio City home on Jan. 3. Police, firefighters and paramedics will testify in a Los Angeles courtroom as to what occurred that night, which ended with Spears's forced hospitalization.Spears, 26, and ex-husband Kevin Federline, 29, are not required to show, but, "Britney needs to be there because it's much easier to defend your client if he/she is present to refute what witnesses say," says L.A. family lawyer Scott Weston, who's not involved with the case.
"Whether she takes the stand or not depends on what witnesses say, and whether or not her lawyers think her testimony may backfire," Weston adds. "But they've got nowhere to go but up at this point. Also, if she doesn't attend, it shows a lack of interest on her part in getting back her kids." [...]
Also at issue Monday is whether the court would extend its ban on Spears's visitation. Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, told PEOPLE that it's possible Spears might not see her children until April, when the ex-couple's custody trial begins. (Federline has requested primary physical custody.)
Kaplan told the Associated Press that he didn't know if Spears would appear at the hearing, but that if she does, she would be expected to testify.
"She will have the opportunity to persuade the court that she can have some visitation under monitored conditions," he told AP.
Like I said on GlossLip radio last night, the only thing you can predict about Britney is that she'll be unpredictable. I could say that I think she'll show up, considering that she said that she would do anything for her children, but then again she has proven that she really does not quite grasp the enormity of the situation at hand. So then I could say that I think she'll decide to stay away, but then again I think she really does love her children. So who knows? It's a 50/50 split at this point. And there's no word yet on whether efforts by her family to get her serious medical help are moving along or stalled. Continued on the next page
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