Fiancee and I have discussed this and we both agree the only way he'll ever get physical custody of his son will be when BM gets in trouble with CPS for neglecting SS or something bad happening to him...neither of which are good situations but it's the truth. These courts are just too biased it's sickening.

I don't think she's bipolar at all. In my opinion, she became too famous too rich too young and hasn't learned how to deal with the down side of success. How many times have we seen this happen, these kids are on top of the world, have everything they can possible want yet manage time and again to crash and burn. Sometimes it's so much easier to label their behavior as opposed to them actually taking adult responsibility for it.

My suggestion is to document everything she says/does in the future. If she is diagnosed and on meds, or even if not, she will at some point attempt suicide. Then you will get full custody of the kids no questions asked. Because BM and SD are bipolar, I have done a ton of research on bipolar and 90% of all people diagnosed will attempt suicide at least 3 times before actually succeeding. They also get on meds and stabalize, then think they are OK and go off them because they think they are cured. Then the cycle begins. Our BM now only has supervised visitation. I learned a looooong time ago to document everything, every time she calls or doesn't, etc. It will pay off in the end. Also, just because you might have gotten the kids in the beginning does NOT save you from court now. We are in court about every other month or so when she thinks we have done wrong. Currently, SD 16 is complaining that we are tooo mean, so BM is trying to find a lawyer dumb enough or desperate enough to take her money to sue us for custody. The bitch of it is that she has convinced SD that she will get custody, therefore SD's attitude toward us has sucked big time. BM tells her she doesn't have to listen to us etc., it sucks, but that's what happens.
As far as Britney is concerned, I said she was bipolar the first time she had an outbreak, close to when she shaved her head. It's classic bipolar with maybe some personality disorder stuff going on. I feel sorry for her only because she can't/won't get the treatment she needs.

Psychological diagnosis is sort of a crap shoot. Is she bipolar? Personality Disordered? Depressed? Anxiety Disorder? Oppositional Defiance Disordered? OCD?

The list goes on and on. Some have symptoms of multiple disorders, some are highly functional in work and impersonal atmospheres, but fail at relationships over and over again. Some will attempt suicide for real, some will make suicidal gestures for attention.

As for the famous folks, there is definitely a major problem with validation seeking that makes someone seek fame, especially fame at all costs. I think that it's not really true to say that fame itself did it, I think that fame is an immature goal anyway, but that people like Britney...Anna Nicole...Nicole Ritchie, etc continue to make choices based on their craving for fame to fill themselves up. Addiction to drama is the same as addiction to drugs, food, clothes, shopping, gambling etc. It's still trying to feed the ego, find self worth from external sources rather than looking within.

I think what happens when someone has a psyche disorder is that looking internally for happiness really hurts. They can't accept their own contribution to their situation. It is more comfortable to blame everyone around them for it- yes including the paparazzi in this case. But even that is an unfair blame. You must then extend it to the fans who buy the gossip magazines and watch the entertainment trash shows.

At some point everyone does have control of their lives, even famous people. Britney could fall off the tabloid covers everywhere if she moved to Idaho and went to rehab. Over the years many celebs have fallen out of the public eye, who were just as famous as Britney in their day. These crazy stars who end up in tabloid after tabloid are courting some of it themselves. They don't want to stop being famous at any cost. Sad. But if they really wanted to live a quiet life we would forget about them after a year or two. We really would. Look at Travolta. He was gone for ten years or more before making a comeback. He could have easily fallen away into obscurity way back when. But he wanted the life he's living.

Peace, love, and red wine

I think too much is left to the discretion of judges and their personal beliefs. There really needs to be a revamping of the child custody and support laws in this country. It makes no sense for each state to have their own unique laws. What's good for a kid in TN should be good for a kid in NY, for example. There should be better guidelines for determining custody and certainly more fair ways of evaluating CS based on the children's actual needs rather than the CP's wants.