Paparazzi Scramble After Britney Spears

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Paparazzi sprinted after Britney Spears on Thursday as the troubled pop princess left a building where ex-husband Kevin Federline's attorney has offices.

The scramble by photographers came a day after Spears' lawyers filed a motion in court asking to be relieved as her attorneys due to a "breakdown" in communication with their client.

It wasn't immediately known what occurred during Spears' visit to the Century City office tower, but Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, has been trying to depose Spears as a step in the ex-couple's child-custody case.

Spears called in sick for a Dec. 12 court-ordered deposition, but was photographed that day driving with a friend.

Wearing a hot pink dress and sunglasses, Spears, 26, drove off Thursday in her white Mercedes-Benz as building security guards dashed across the driveway to keep photographers on the sidewalk and off the property.

Spears and Federline have been wrangling over custody of their young sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James.

Federline has temporary custody because Spears, who has limited visitation rights, has defied court orders. The two were married in October 2004 and divorced in July.