Britney Spears In Involuntary Psychiatric Hold; Lynne Spears Crying; Emergency Custody Hearing Now Over

Here is the latest on the Britney Spears drama.

Britney is being held on an involuntary psychiatric hold, also known as a Section 5150, a source tells Access.

According to Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, a 5150 is defined as, “a means by which someone who is in serious need of mental health treatment can be transported to a designated psychiatric inpatient facility for evaluation and treatment for up to 72-hours against their will. If the facility feels that further treatment is indicated, the person can be held involuntarily for additional lengths of time providing he or she meets the legal criteria and is unwilling or unable to remain voluntarily.”

According to Peter Castro, in California there is a law stating that if there is an incident at a home involving children, they are required to go to a hospital and get checked for physical and mental issues.

In this case they were cleared of both, but not after a very long time in the hospital.

“This was a hostage situation,” Castro told Access.

The court appointed monitor reportedly was the person who called the police.