July 7, 2004 -- Britney Spears insists she's marrying for love, not money - and the pop tart is resisting pressure from her parents to force her fiance, dancer Kevin Federline, to sign a prenuptial agreement. Spears, worth $100 million, reportedly had to pay for her own $40,000, 5-carat engagement ring, and has put Federline on her permanent payroll as he has no money of his own.

Spears' mother, Lynne, is said to be distraught over Spears' blind love. According to Star, her dad, Jamie, begged her to demand a prenup - to no avail. The couple, who have known each other a scant three months, have already bought a house on Mulholland Drive and are making wedding preparations for November. Sources told Star that Lynne is hurt because Spears told her assistant the good news about the engagement before she told her mother. Britney has shrieked at her mom, "This is my life, let me live it!" Under California law, if Spears and Federline marry without a prenup, he could get half her fortune should they divorce.