The 26-year-old pop star will have expanded visits with her sons following a child-custody hearing in Los Angeles County Superior court which was held behind closed doors. Spears will be allowed to see her sons for longer periods. She will get three days supervised visitation a week and visitation on Mother’s Day.

Spear’s former husband Kevin Federline, 30, retains custody of 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James. Spears was involuntarily hospitalized to UCLA Medical Center after she refused to turn over one of the boys to Federline's bodyguard.

“We are so pleased with Britney's progress and we are very appreciative of the court's recognition of this progress,” Spears' parents, Jamie and Lynne Spears, said in a statement read by court spokesman Allan Parachini.

Federline spokesman Elliot Mintz said his client is "extremely pleased with the way things went today." Federline’s attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan called the court's ruling "a step in the right direction," adding "the children are doing great — that's the key." Kaplan said he expected to see further progress from Spears. He added the longer visits were "recognition of the progress that has been made."

On Tuesday, Spears entered court wearing a brown polka-dot dress and white sweater. Moments after Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon swore them in, Spears attorney Stacy Phillips asked that the hearing be closed, and Gordon ordered reporters out, the Associated Press reported.

The pop star is set to make a second appearance on CBS’ How I Met Your Mother on May 12 after a successful recording last week.