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Britney Spears Father Jamie Spears Petitions Court To End Conservatorship

By Modupeoluwa Adekanye

08 September 2021   |   8:33 am

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Britney Spears' father, James "Jamie" Spears, has filed a petition to end his daughter's conservatorship, which he has controlled at least in part for the last 13 years. In the petition filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by The Associated Press, Jamie's legal team cited instances in which the pop star has…

Britney Spears Father Jamie Spears Petitions Court To End Conservatorship

Britney Spears’ father, James “Jamie” Spears, has filed a petition to end his daughter’s conservatorship, which he has controlled at least in part for the last 13 years.

In the petition filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by The Associated Press, Jamie’s legal team cited instances in which the pop star has pleaded in court for the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money to end. It reads:

As Mr. Spears has said again and again, all he wants is what is best for his daughter,” the document says. “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.

Judge Brenda Penny, who oversees the case, will need to approve the move.

A petition from Britney’s attorney, Mathew Rosengart, to remove Jamie was to be heard at the next hearing in the case on Sept. 29.

The petition states, according to CNN, that these “recent events related to this conservatorship have called into question whether circumstances have changed to such an extent that grounds for the establishment of a conservatorship may no longer exist.”

Britney “wants control of her life back,” including the ability to make her own decisions about medical care, therapy, her finances, and whether to get married and have a baby. The petition states:

In short, she wants to live her life as she chooses without the constraints of a conservator or court proceeding.

Jamie’s petition comes after he said in a filing on Aug. 12 that he planned to step down as the conservator of her finances, but offered no timetable. He gave up his control over her life decisions in 2019, keeping only his role overseeing her money.

He has repeatedly said there is no justification for his removal, and he has acted only in his daughter’s best interest.