Britney Spears’ estranged husband Kevin Federline insists he never called for an emergency hearing on the custody of his children and believes someone was playing a sick prank.

Michael Sands, a publicist for Federline’s attorney, claims someone made up the news of the hearing and then told Los Angeles Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini about it:

“A lawyer has called the bailiff and indicated nothing is going to happen today.”

Kev and his attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, say they never called for a hearing and that no court papers for a hearing were ever filed:

“Kevin continues to be a very focused father with his children with hands-on management.”