A Judge ruled on Wednesday, 29th September 2021 to remove the elder Spears and appointed a temporary conservator.
Britney Spears is finally free from her father’s control. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge – Brenda Penny ruled Wednesday to suspend James “Jamie” Spears as his pop-star daughter’s conservator.
In August she posted a Boomerang which mentioned “I will be free one day”
A conservatorship, according to the California Courts official website, is where a judge appoints an individual or organization to care for another adult who is deemed unfit to care for themselves or to manage their own finances. For Britney’s case, Britney is considered the “conservatee” and her father, Jamie, the “conservator.” For the last 12 years, the details of Britney’s conservatorship have been private, but the singer recently filed documents via her lawyer that request parts of her conservatorship be open to the public, according to TMZ.
If you want to understand what a conservator’s duties and responsibilities will be, read the Judicial Council’s Handbook for Conservators. The law says all conservators must have a copy of this handbook.
Britney was put under conservatorship following her very public breakdown in 2008. Following a year of seemingly erratic behavior—such as shaving her head and attacking a paparazzi’s car with an umbrella—the singer was put under a ‘5150 hold’ in a psychiatric hospital for a mental health evaluation.
At the time, Jamie petitioned courts for an emergency ‘temporary’ conservatorship, alluding to the fact that his daughter was unable to properly care and manage herself amid her mental health struggles.
From there, Jamie was given the legal right to oversee and make decisions regarding Britney’s finances, health, business deals, and personal life which he managed up until 2019, according to Harper’s Bazaar.
Per Entertainment Tonight, Britney has enlisted the help of her mother, Lynne Spears, to earn back control over her life again. Lynne recently filed a request to be included as part of Britney’s SJB Revocable Trust, which recently named Jamie Lynn as the custodian. Jamie Lynn is Britney’s older sister. She was also recently named the trustee of Britney’s fortune.
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