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For the second time in two months, child welfare officials have visited Britney Spears' Malibu home.
Social workers who went to the singer's home Saturday, a day after her son was treated in an emergency room, "found no reason to open a formal investigation," Spears' lawyer, Martin Singer, said.
Earlier this year, the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services visited the home after photos were published Feb. 7 showing Spears, 24, driving with her then-4-month-old son, Sean Preston, in her lap.
Last weekend's visit follows an incident April 1 in which Sean fell and hit his head, People magazine reports. Spears often is interviewed in People. .
The magazine says Sean fell from his nanny's arms as she was lifting him from a high chair and something on the chair snapped. A doctor visited that day, but on April 7, Spears and her husband, Kevin Federline, 28, became concerned and took their son to an emergency room. The 6-month-old was checked, and no serious problems were found, People says.
Singer says the hospital alerted the family services department as required by California law.
The agency "determined that the parents were not involved in any injury and nothing improper was done in the home."
Debra Glafkides, spokeswoman with the sheriff's office, says the visit was "routine" and that "no police report was filed."
Agency officials asked that a deputy accompany them. Citing confidentiality, the agency does not discuss cases.
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