Imagine being a 26-year-old parent of two and having a judge grant your dad permanent control of your life. Well, what sounds totally surreal to us is just another day in the life of recovering train wreck Britney Spears.

Tuesday, the pop star’s father, Jamie Spears, was named permanent conservator of her affairs and permanent co-conservator of her estate (a lawyer shares the duty) by an L.A. court. And evidently, it was with her approval.