McCready Goes To Court In Arkansas

A hearing surrounding Mindy McCready’s son, Zander, and his care and custody, was held yesterday in a Melbourne, Arkansas, court, according to the singer’s publicist. “All proceedings and documentation surrounding the hearing are sealed,” a statement said. “No further information is available at this time.” McCready took her five-year-old son from her father’s home in Florida. She and the boy were eventually found hiding in a bedroom closet on Friday night in an empty summer home in Heber Springs, Arkansas. McCready was not arrested, but Zander was taken by Arkansas Department of Human Services officials. McCready, who is battling her mother for custody of her son, was ordered by a Florida judge to return to the state with her son, but she said she was unable to do so because she was pregnant with twins. Meanwhile, McCready’s mother says her 5-year-old grandson has been traumatized by his recent parental abduction. The boy’s father, Billy McKnight, says he expects to get full custody of Zander.