Britney Spears has filed a petition for divorce from Kevin Federline.

Spears filed legal papers today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing "irreconcilable differences." In her petition, Spears asks for both legal and physical custody of the couple's two children, one-year old Sean Preston and two-month old Jayden James, with Federline getting reasonable visitation rights.

As for money, sources tell TMZ the couple, who married in Sept. 2004, has an iron-clad prenup. Not surprisingly, Spears is waiving her right to spousal support. She's also asking the judge to make each party pay their own attorney's fees.

Spears gives the date of separation as yesterday, the same day she flaunted her incredible revamped physique during a surprise appearance on David Letterman's show. Sources tell TMZ there was no single reason for Britney pulling the plug, rather, it was "a string of events."

Spears has hired powerhouse celebrity divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, who has repped a number of celebs, including Angelina Jolie, Nick Lachey and Kiefer Sutherland. We're told Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe asked Wasser to rep both of them in their split, but Wasser declined for personal reasons.



source: http://www.tmz.com/


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yes!!!!!!!!!!1

About damn time!! Not a fan of her but GO BRITNEY!!

wow finally!! lol

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss go britney!

yes! So they did have a prenup. Good for Britney!

u know, i have no remorse for britney.. first off she married him knowing full well he was a dead beat dad... so basically it wouldn't have made a difference if they divorced or not..

if it's reallll.


i am SO happy.

---edit----
ITS REAL!
and im so freakin' happyyyy!!!!

FINALLY! She realized wassup.
Britney don't need K.Fed anyways!!
K.Fed's the reason that brought her down.

OHMIGOSH FINALLLY!!!!!!!

WHOOOOOOo ROCK ON!!!!!!

goo britneyyyy ♣♣

smart having that financial contract in place before the marriage. time for him to go bum money off the streets

*hallelujah hallelujah hallelujahhallelujahhallelujah!!!*

the sound of that *sighs*


HURRAY YOU GO BRITNEY!!!! ^_________^

i've been expecting this day to come.
kevin just lived off her.

she should have thought about this before she married him... wasnt he already a loser before they tied the knot?

lol She said they were just rumors at first, but it's for real now?

seriously who didnt see this coming as soon as they got together

well..good for kevin..he got what he wanted..fame and britney...sigh...at least she have two babies..better than nothing

It was wise for her to have the prenup....we've seen it coming from the day she said I do but didn't it take a little longer than I expected and 2 babies at that.... oh well at least that's the consolation.... you really can't have everything that's the sad reality of life.

K FED's A pinkberry LARH! FOR ALL I CARE! I THINK BRITNEY MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE THIS TIME. MARRYING K FED WAS A DISASTER TO THE WORLD ):

she should have done that before the marriage,lol XD

About time she gets rid of Federline..

he isn't quite the match for her.. i quite suspected it when he left his ex-wife who was pregant!!

All I have to say is - about time.