Los Angeles (E! Online) - Apparently, its a lot easier to be forced out of Britney Spears life than to leave it voluntarily.
A hearing to determine whether the singers child-custody attorneys will be allowed to withdraw as her counsel in the ongoing legal battle has been continued to next Tuesday.
The continuation was announced after a 30-minute closed-door meeting in chambers between Spears attorney Sorrell Trope, Kevin Federlines attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan and Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott M. Gordon.
None of the parties issued any comments on their way out of the courthouse, though the continuation was reportedly issued in order to ensure that an acceptable exit strategy was in place for Trope and that another legal team was in line to take over so that Spears would at no time be left sans representation.
While the hearing on the motion was originally scheduled to take place on Mar. 10, Trope appeared at court this morning in an effort to fast track the jump-ship request.
This mornings hearing marks the second time in as many months that the uphill-battling Trope and Trope law firm has sought to withdraw as the beleaguered pop stars counsel, with Trope himself citing communication problems with Spears as a massive barrier to serving as her attorney.
In January, the law firm filed its first motion asking to be relieved of their duties in Spears child-custody case on the grounds that, There has been a breakdown in communications...making further representation of her interests impossible.
Trope & Co. withdrew the withdrawal request later the same month, canceling the would-be Feb. 4 hearing on the matter. The more recent ex parte motion was filed in the wake of her hospitalization at the UCLA Medical Center late last month.
While no legal representation has been confirmed as a successor to Trope, the rumor mill is ramped up with reports that Laura Wasser, Spears original custody attorney who herself resigned from the high-profile post last September, may return to rep the singer in the courtroom. Speculation began after Wasser reportedly paid a visit to Spears at the UCLA psych ward.
As it is, Spears custody battle, once the dominating force behind Britney-based headlines, has taken a backseat to hearings relating to her conservatorship. Another hearing on that matter is expected to take place tomorrow afternoon.
As a result, Spears has failed to see much progress made in her bid for restoration of visitation with her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James. Currently, she is only allowed telephone contact with the boys.
With other peoples children, however, she continues to exercise free reign.
On Monday evening, the 26-year-old taught an hourlong dance class to a group of six children, aged four to seven, at the Millennium Dance Complex. The participants were specially selected for the toe-tapping honor and received permission from their parents before participating.
During the class, Spears taught the kiddies choreography to classic Madonna tunes True Blue, Material Girl and Holiday and also allowed them to freestyle. Following the class, Spears stuck around the practice space for another hour and a half, working out a routine for her forthcoming single, Hot As Ice.
However, sources close to Spears have denied reports that her ramped-up rehearsals are a means to a road-hitting end, calling rumors that the singer may go on tour later this year completely untrue.
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