Britney Spears’ Father Files to End Her Conservatorship

Britney Spears’ begetter connected Tuesday filed a petition to extremity the tribunal conservatorship that has overseen the finances and controlled overmuch of the popular singer’s beingness since 2008.

Jamie Spears, who agreed past period to yet measurement down from his longtime relation arsenic conservator of his daughter’s estate, asked the Los Angeles Superior Court connected Tuesday to “now earnestly see whether this conservatorship is nary longer required.”

On Aug. 12, Jamie Spears didn’t accidental that helium would instantly measurement speech from the role, but said that helium would bash truthful erstwhile determination could beryllium “an orderly modulation to a caller conservator.” He has repeatedly said determination is nary justification for his removal, and helium has acted lone successful his daughter’s champion interest.

“As Mr. Spears has said again and again, each helium wants is what is champion for his daughter,” his lawyer, Vivian Lee Thoreen, wrote successful this week’s filing. “If Ms. Spears wants to terminate the conservatorship and believes that she tin grip her ain life, Mr. Spears believes that she should get that chance.”

The determination volition request to beryllium approved by Judge Brenda Penny, who oversees the case.

Singer Britney Spears attends the announcement of her caller residency, “Britney: Domination” astatine Park MGM successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected Oct. 18, 2018. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Matthew Rosengart, the 39-year-old popular star’s attorney, said successful an email that the filing “represents different ineligible triumph for Britney Spears—a monolithic one—as good arsenic vindication for Ms. Spears.”

Jamie Spears had been the people of overmuch of the choler surrounding the conservatorship from some his girl and the public.

A petition from Britney Spears’ lawyer to region him was to beryllium heard astatine the adjacent proceeding successful the lawsuit connected Sept. 29.

In a June tribunal hearing, the vocalist had called the conservatorship statement “abusive.”

“I conscionable privation my beingness back,” Britney Spears said connected June 23. “And it’s been 13 years and it’s enough. It’s been a agelong clip since I’ve owned my money. And it’s my privation and my imagination for each of this to extremity without being tested.”

The vocalist besides testified successful June that the conservatorship was truthful “abusive,” she wanted to “sue her family.” In a statement, Spears claimed she was “bullied” and exploited by the conservatorship and by her father.

She called her begetter “ignorant” and controlling. “He loved each infinitesimal of it, the power helium had. He loved it,” Spears said.

“I genuinely judge this conservatorship is abusive,” Spears said. “I don’t consciousness similar I tin unrecorded a afloat life.”

A idiosyncratic protests successful enactment of popular prima Britney Spears connected the time of a conservatorship lawsuit proceeding astatine Stanley Mosk Courthouse successful Los Angeles, Calif., connected June 23, 2021. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Jamie Spears filed a petition successful July to probe his daughter’s allegations, which helium has denied. He said the issues were retired of his power due to the fact that helium had stepped down arsenic conservator of his daughter’s person, handing the relation disconnected to court-appointed nonrecreational Jodi Montgomery successful September 2019.

Tuesday’s filing notes that Britney Spears said she did not cognize she could record a petition to extremity the conservatorship, which she has yet to do. It says that Judge Penny’s determination successful July to let her to prime Rosengart arsenic her lawyer demonstrates that the tribunal trusts her with large choices. And it says grounds shows she has seemingly “demonstrated a level of independence” by doing things similar driving herself astir Southern California.

It besides cites her tendency to marque her ain decisions connected therapy and different aesculapian care.

“If Ms. Spears has the capableness and capableness to prosecute counsel connected her own, she presumably has capableness and capableness to grip different contractual and concern matters,” Thoreen wrote successful the caller filing.

Penny, the justice with the eventual powerfulness implicit the conservatorship, has not appeared inclined to extremity it before, but she has besides ne'er been presented with specified a wide opportunity.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.