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Whitney Houston wants to speed up divorce

Singer requested a default judgement in a document filed in court

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Whitney Houston, who filed divorce papers in October, requested a default judgment in a document filed on Dec. 28 in Orange County Superior Court.
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updated 8:13 p.m. ET Feb. 1, 2007

ORANGE, Calif. - Whitney Houston wants to fast-track her divorce from Bobby Brown.

The singer, who filed divorce papers in October, requested a default judgment in a document filed on Dec. 28 in Orange County Superior Court.

A checked box on the two-page document indicates that there are “no issues of division of community property” in the divorce.

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The document was obtained by the CelebTV.com Web site, which reported it Thursday.

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Houston, 43, has asked for custody of the couple’s 13-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, and that Brown, 37, be allowed visitation rights.

The couple wed in 1992.

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