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04-12-2006, 05:52 AM
LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-britney12apr12,0,2157243.story?coll=la-home-entertainment)
Officials Pay a Visit to Spears
Social workers are called after the singer's baby falls from a chair.
By Richard Winton, Times Staff Writer
April 12, 2006
The 6-month-old son of singer Britney Spears and husband Kevin Federline fell from a highchair, prompting social workers to visit the couple's Malibu home over the weekend, sources close to the situation said Tuesday.
On Friday, Spears became concerned that her son, Sean Preston Federline, might have a head injury and took him to an emergency room, the sources said. That is when the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services was notified.
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Martin Singer, Spears' attorney, said Tuesday that there was an automatic report by the hospital to child welfare officials, as required by state law, and "DCFS immediately responded and determined there was no problem and no reason to open a formal investigation. They determined that the parents weren't involved in the injury and nothing improper occurred within the home."
Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Department, said a deputy accompanied social workers to the home Saturday afternoon.
Child welfare officials could not be reached for comment.
In February, child welfare officials visited the couple's home after Spears was photographed behind the wheel of an SUV with her then 4-month-old son on her lap instead of strapped into a rear car seat as required by law.
Spears said in a statement at the time that the photographs were taken during a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi."
She said she "instinctively took measures" to protect the baby.
ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1832664)
By JEFF WILSON
MALIBU, Calif. Apr 11, 2006 (AP)— Child welfare officials and a sheriff's deputy visited the home of Britney Spears but declined to say Tuesday whether they were investigating the pop princess.
Spears and her husband, Kevin Federline, are the parents of an infant son, Sean Preston.
The Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services and the Lost Hills sheriff's station declined to give details of Saturday afternoon's visit.
"It's a very standard, routine patrol request," Lt. Debra Glaskides said Tuesday. "We just roll out with them. We stood by, we took no action, no report or anything."
The Sheriff's Department said it was a DCFS matter and couldn't release any information. Glaskides said there may not even be a DCFS investigation, noting it may have been only a welfare check.
Phone and e-mail messages left for Spears' New York publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, weren't immediately returned.
In February, DCFS visited Spears' home after publication of photographs showing the 24-year-old singer driving with then 4-month-old Sean Preston in her lap, rather than in a car seat as required by law.
Spears later apologized, saying she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi."
DCFS public-affairs director Louise Grasmehr didn't return a phone message left Tuesday at her Los Angeles office. The department routinely refuses to discuss cases, citing confidentiality laws.
'cause we all know how much they like children...
Officials Pay a Visit to Spears
Social workers are called after the singer's baby falls from a chair.
By Richard Winton, Times Staff Writer
April 12, 2006
The 6-month-old son of singer Britney Spears and husband Kevin Federline fell from a highchair, prompting social workers to visit the couple's Malibu home over the weekend, sources close to the situation said Tuesday.
On Friday, Spears became concerned that her son, Sean Preston Federline, might have a head injury and took him to an emergency room, the sources said. That is when the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services was notified.
ADVERTISEMENT
Martin Singer, Spears' attorney, said Tuesday that there was an automatic report by the hospital to child welfare officials, as required by state law, and "DCFS immediately responded and determined there was no problem and no reason to open a formal investigation. They determined that the parents weren't involved in the injury and nothing improper occurred within the home."
Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Department, said a deputy accompanied social workers to the home Saturday afternoon.
Child welfare officials could not be reached for comment.
In February, child welfare officials visited the couple's home after Spears was photographed behind the wheel of an SUV with her then 4-month-old son on her lap instead of strapped into a rear car seat as required by law.
Spears said in a statement at the time that the photographs were taken during a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi."
She said she "instinctively took measures" to protect the baby.
ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1832664)
By JEFF WILSON
MALIBU, Calif. Apr 11, 2006 (AP)— Child welfare officials and a sheriff's deputy visited the home of Britney Spears but declined to say Tuesday whether they were investigating the pop princess.
Spears and her husband, Kevin Federline, are the parents of an infant son, Sean Preston.
The Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services and the Lost Hills sheriff's station declined to give details of Saturday afternoon's visit.
"It's a very standard, routine patrol request," Lt. Debra Glaskides said Tuesday. "We just roll out with them. We stood by, we took no action, no report or anything."
The Sheriff's Department said it was a DCFS matter and couldn't release any information. Glaskides said there may not even be a DCFS investigation, noting it may have been only a welfare check.
Phone and e-mail messages left for Spears' New York publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, weren't immediately returned.
In February, DCFS visited Spears' home after publication of photographs showing the 24-year-old singer driving with then 4-month-old Sean Preston in her lap, rather than in a car seat as required by law.
Spears later apologized, saying she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi."
DCFS public-affairs director Louise Grasmehr didn't return a phone message left Tuesday at her Los Angeles office. The department routinely refuses to discuss cases, citing confidentiality laws.
'cause we all know how much they like children...