Spears arrived at the courthouse on Friday in her white Mercedes-Benz convertible and giggled when asked by reporters outside the courtroom if she was nervous.

She was escorted by sheriff’s deputies and wore a black print dress and cowgirl boots. Federline, her ex-husband, reached the courtroom a few minutes after Spears. Both were under court order to attend the proceedings. A few moments after the hearing began, SC Commissioner Scott Gordon closed it to the media at the request of Spears’ lawyer, Sorrell Trope.

Trope was expected to argue that Spears had complied with court orders and should regain the shared custody.
Earlier in the day, a lawyer for Spears won a motion to bar videotaping of deposition testimony in the case.
Spears’ lawyer, Thomas Paine Dunlap, argued that video of the depositions would almost certainly wind up on YouTube. He said his celebrity client had a right to be protected from that exposure.

SC Commissioner Scott Gordon made his ruling in spite of his concern that she is constantly courting “inordinate amounts of media”, which he said runs counter to her expressed desire for privacy.