Britney's court saga continues

Troubled Britney Spears is due back in court today in the battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline over custody of their two young sons.

Her lawyer is expected to argue that she has complied with court orders and should regain the shared custody she lost earlier this month.

Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon, who has said there is evidence Spears is a “habitual, frequent and continuous” user of drugs and alcohol, withdrew approval for her to even visit the children after finding she had failed to comply with some conditions for shared custody.

He later withdrew the ban and allowed her to visit Preston, aged two, and Jayden James , aged one, but only in the presence of a court-approved monitor.

Spears has to undergo random drug and alcohol tests and meet weekly with a parenting coach who would report back to the court about her performance.

Spears and Federline were also banned from making derogatory remarks about each other in their children’s presence and from using corporal punishment to discipline them.

Both parents also were ordered to complete the court’s “Parenting Without Conflict” class.

Yesterday another Spears lawyer entered a not guilty plea on a charge of driving without a valid driver’s licence.

Michael Flanagan said she recently obtained a California license and he hoped the charge would be dismissed.

At the same hearing a judge dismissed a hit-and-run charge stemming from an accident in August when Spears’ car hit another in a car park. She has paid damages to the other driver.