The National Enquirer reported this week before the news broke that Jamie Lynn was pregnant that Britney wanted her mother Lynn to get custody of her two boys in a bid to keep K-Fed from maintaining primary custody. I bet this news is no longer true now that Britney had to learn from the press like everyone else that her little sister was pregnant. It says a lot about how desperate she is to take the boys from K-Fed, since she’s had a rocky relationship with her mom. Britney’s said to be upset that K-Fed is supposedly smoking pot around them, and she was set to ask to have her boys tested for drugs, but it’s probably more about her hurt feelings at losing to her ex rather than a true concern for their welfare:

Now that she’s lose custody of her children, Britney’s strategy is to persuade the courts to give custody of Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, to her mom Lynne, sources tell The Enquirer exclusively.

In addition to charging K-Fed uses drugs [pot], Britney, 26, plans to give the judge in her case a list of other reasons why Kevin shouldn’t be raising the children, say sources.

She says he’s playing the role of the “good dad” only to keep the money rolling in, claims he hosts wild parties and has numerous women staying overnight.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, December 31, 2007]

While Britney can make all those accusations against Kevin, it sounds like we have little more than her word and some rumors to go on. In Britney’s case there’s plenty of documentation that she’s sleeping around, partying, and wandering aimlessly through life.

The thing is, Britney doesn’t have much if any pull with the court after failing to show up for multiple depositions, including two court ordered depositions. So this is all probably some half-baked scheme she cooked up in order to stick it to K-Fed, but it’s not like she’s going to go through with it. OK! Magazine reports that Britney faces jail time if she fails to show up for another deposition, for which she could be charged with contempt of court.

The entertainment lawyer at Crazy Days and Nights has revealed that many of K-Fed’s court hearings are frivolous, and that since Britney is paying for his lawyer he’s doing as much as possible to drag her through the mud and make the custody issues very trying for her. She does a good enough job on her own making her life difficult by failing to meet even basic requirements, but you could see how she would rather her mother get her children than her hated ex husband. All that changed when Lynne failed to tell Britney that little Jamie Lynn was pregnant, though, and now Britney is left with just three days a week with her boys and a court appointed monitor, and no backup plan. At least they’ll have a new cousin to play with soon.

Britney is shown out before her date with the paparazzo on 12/23/07, thanks to WENN, and outside a Thai restuarant on 12/27/07, thanks to Splash News.