Britney Spears’ dad, Jamie, files to end her conservatorship

Britney’s quest for freedom has taken a giant leap forward with her father telling a court that her conservatorship is no longer required.

Britney Spears with her dad, Jamie.

Jamie Spears has filed a petition to end the conservatorship that has controlled his daughter Britney Spears’ life for the past 13-plus years, NBC News reported.

Jamie’s filing states that Britney “is entitled to have this court now seriously consider whether this conservatorship is no longer required,” adding that her situation has changed “to such an extent that [the] grounds for [the] establishment of a conservatorship may no longer exist”.

The petiton says: “As Mr. Spears has said again and again, all he wants is what is best for his daughter. If Ms. Spears wants to terminate the conservatorship and believes that she can handle her own life, Mr. Spears believes that she should get that chance.”

A judge will now decide whether or not to approve the move.

The news comes after an explosive few months in the case, beginning with the pop star, 39, telling Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny in June that she wanted the legal arrangement terminated.

Jamie in 2008. Picture: Valerie Macon/AFP

Britney will be thrilled by the latest developments. Picture: Valerie Macon/AFP

Spears pleaded to regain control of her personal affairs and estate during the bombshell court hearing, which led to the resignation of her court-appointed lawyer, Samuel D. Ingham III, whom she claimed had never informed her that the conservatorship could end.

During her 24-minute court testimony, Spears called Jamie, 69, an “abusive” conservator and laid out a number of accusations against him, including that he had forced her to go on tour in 2018 and sent her to a mental health facility against her will in 2019.

Britney also claimed her conservators have forbidden her from having her IUD (contraceptive device) removed and once put her on lithium “out of nowhere,” a drug she described as so strong that she “couldn’t even have a conversation” with her parents.

“I shouldn’t be in a conservatorship if I can work and provide money and work for myself and pay other people. It makes no sense,” argued the Overprotected singer, who performed a four-year, 248-show Las Vegas residency and judged a season of The X Factor while under the conservatorship.

Supporters of Britney Spears participate in a Free Britney rally at the Lincoln memorial. Picture: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP

Jamie was named Britney’s main conservator in February 2008 after her public breakdown and divorce from Kevin Federline, with whom she shares sons Sean Preston, 15, and Jayden James, 14. He shared the role with a lawyer, Andrew Wallet, for many years.

Wallet resigned from the case in March 2019, and Jamie temporarily stepped down as Britney’s conservator that September due to his ailing health.

A licensed fiduciary, Jodi Montgomery, has been filling in for Jamie ever since, though he still oversees how Britney spends her multimillion-dollar fortune as the conservator of her estate.

Prior to requesting the conservatorship’s termination, Britney had petitioned to have Jamie removed, with Ingham saying in November 2020 that his then-client was “afraid of her father” and would not perform again with him in charge.

Britney Spears posted this photo in August. Picture: Instagram

More recently, during a July hearing, the Crossroads star told the judge that she wanted her dad to be charged with “conservatorship abuse”.

Jamie has denied mismanaging Britney’s life and career, saying on numerous occasions that he “loves” and “misses” his daughter.

The next hearing in the case is scheduled for September 29.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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