Britney Spears‘s lawyer plans to file a petition to make the pop star’s temporary conservator over her person permanent.
The plan, which Samuel D. Ingham III announced during a brief court hearing in Los Angeles on Wednesday, according to multiple outlets, would make Jodi Montgomery the person to oversee her day-to-day activities. In 2019, Montgomery became the temporary conservator of Britney Spears’s person after her father, Jamie Spears, complained of health issues.
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Wednesday’s hearing was supposed to have Bessemer Trust and Jamie Spears, who share the conservatorship of Britney Spears’s estate, give an accounting of the singer’s finances, but the matter was pushed off until next month.
In 2008, Jamie Spears requested a conservatorship for Britney Spears after she experienced a series of mental health problems. Jamie Spears’s request was granted, putting him in charge of both her finances and day-to-day activities. Conservatorships are typically reserved for those who are severely incapacitated.
Last month, Judge Brenda Penny reaffirmed a November decision to allow Bessemer Trust to be co-conservator over Britney Spears’s estate. At the time, Britney Spears‘s attorney expressed that the singer is fearful of her father and would prefer professionals be in charge of the conservatorship.
“My client has informed me that she is afraid of her father,” Ingham said in November. “She will not perform again if her father is in charge of her career.”
Ingham’s petition will be discussed at a hearing on April 27.
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A recent documentary on the issue, released in February by the New York Times, brought the conservatorship increased attention. Critics believe the arrangement is unjust for someone in her mental state. Ingham has left open the possibility that at some point, Britney Spears will request that the conservatorship be removed entirely.
Ingham did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner‘s request for comment.
