Britney Spears and Kevin Federline’s custody dispute officially ended on Friday. A judge presiding over the case signed off on the custody settlement agreed upon by the former couple. This move ended the two-year battle over custody of sons Sean Preston and Jayden James.

The deal gave Kevin sole custody of both children, but allowed Britney to have two visits and one overnight visit per week with her boys. Britney may be allowed an additional overnight visit, barring any new head-shaving freak outs.

“She’s thrilled,” the pop star’s attorney Laura Wasser told People. “To have more time with her kids has been her motivation to get well. In light of her outstanding conservatorship, she couldn’t have asked for anything more.”

Spears also agreed to increase Federline’s child support to $20,000 a month (a $5,000 increase) and pay off his $250,000 legal tab. Documents show the child support increase went into effect on July 15, and that Spears’s father, who remains in legal control of her affairs until a July 31 hearing, approved of the settlement terms.

“This has been a long ordeal [for Kevin] and for it to be over makes him very happy,” his lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan previously said.

I have no idea why a mother would be “thrilled” to give up sole custody of her children, but whatev.

To celebrate the end of the dispute, Britney headed to Cabo San Lucas with long-time friend George Maloof, owner of the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

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