Britney Spears' divorce attorney is esteemed Las Vegas criminal defense attorney David Chesnoff. Before becoming Mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman and David were law partners. What a formidible pair. As good as it gets. We just saw David on tv, denying that Britney was drunk when she got married. He said she didn't understand what she was doing. Sounds like a prank gone too far, to us--if she didn't understand the consequences, she didn't understand the nature of her actions. Or something like that. We're glad the Judge annulled it. Nice job, David.

Update: Smoking Gun, of course, has the annulment papers. The grounds:

Plaintiff Spears lacked understanding of her actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to the marriage because before entering the marriage the plaintiff and defendant did not know each others likes and dislikes, each other's desires to have or not have children, and each other's desires as to state of residency. Upon learning of each other's desires, they are so incompatible that there was a want of understanding of each other's actions in entering this marriage. Additionally, there was no meeting of the minds in entering into this marriage contract and in a court of equity there is cause for declaring the contract void.

These are the statutes at issue:NRS 125350 and 125330. Write them down, you'll never know when you may need one.

Update: The bridegroom speaks.

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