Britney Spears has been allowed to spend Christmas morning with her sons Sean and Jayden - but faces a further investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services and up to two years probation for her driving license violation earlier in the year.

Legal teams for Britney and ex-husband Kevin Federline attended a hearing with Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon yesterday to discuss custody and visitation arrangements for over the festive period. Currently Kevin has full custody the boys, with Britney have two weekly supervised visits, including one overnight stay.

After the closed-door hearing finished yesterday, Los Angeles Superior Court spokesperson Allan Parachini confirmed: “There was extensive discussion and agreement on the visitation over the holiday period. It’s different from the existing [custody] schedule.”

Kevin’s lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan added: “Kevin thinks it’s absolutely appropriate that they both get to see the kids over the holidays.”

But Santa won’t be the only one checking who has been naughty and who has been nice this Christmas: reports claim that both Britney and Kevin are currently under investigation by the DCFS regarding their ability to care for the toddlers.

An inside source revealed that neither case was particularly alarming but that the department has a legal obligation to investigate all such claims. Britney has already been investigated twice this year by the government agency: first, after an anonymous tip-off over the summer and then after her former bodyguard Tony Barretto made claims about her behaviour around her sons.

Britney’s lawyers also attended a hearing at a court in Van Nuys, California yesterday regarding Britney’s arrest for driving without a valid license.

Britney was charged with the misdemeanor after crashing into a parked car in the area in August and even though she has now applied for and been granted a valid California license, the Los Angeles City Attorney wants to give her 24 months probation for the offence.

Britney’s lawyer Michael Flanagan explained that the City Attorney may be willing to drop the period down to 12 months, but “no misdemeanor violation [verdict] is satisfactory to me.”

Flanagan now has until 2nd January to gather more evidence to support his argument before the case returns to court. He added: “I do believe that both sides will reach an amicable resolution.”