Britney Spears is seeking new conservatorship

Britney Spears is hoping to move her father, Jamie Spears, from his role as the sole conservator of her estate when she, her father, and a slew of lawyers return to court on August 19. In new documents obtained by various outlets, it’s clear that “Britney is strongly opposed” to Jamie continuing to handle her financial affairs.That doesn’t mean Spears is looking to manage her own business though. Instead she is asking for Jodi Montgomery, her state-appointed licensed conservator for the past year, to continue handling things. “Without in any way waiving her right to seek termination of this conservatorship in the future, Britney would like Ms. Montgomery’s appointment as conservator of her person to be made permanent,” reads a filing from Spears’ lawyer, Samuel Ingham. “She strongly prefers to have a qualified corporate fiduciary appointed to serve (as conservator of her estate).”Montgomery, who was Spears’ primary care manager, is currently scheduled to remain in the position until August 22. Meanwhile there has been a growing movement of fans—a.k.a. the #FreeBritney hashtaggers—who plan to protest again outside of the L.A. courtroom and online on August 19.

B Army, today we will be trending FREE BRITNEY in all caps without the hashtag. pic.twitter.com/kqnWxEoML8

— ✨ Free Britney Los Angeles ✨ (@freebritneyla) August 19, 2020

Spears has been under conservatorship since October 2008, after she was put on an involuntary psychiatric hold at UCLA. Back then, her father and attorney Andrew Wallet were named co-conservators, but some suspect the pair may have exploited her star power that year when she returned to work only a month later. As Cosmopolitan notes, Spears went on to guest star on How I Met Your Mother, opened the MTV Video Music Awards, released the 2009 album Circus, and also starred in the documentary Britney: For the Record.In 2019, the terms of Spears’ conservatorship began to made headlines again. In January of that year she cancelled her Las Vegas residency show Dominion because of her father’s health, saying that family comes first. Then in March 2019, Wallet resigned, saying that “substantial detriment, irreparable harm, and immediate danger will result to the conservatee and her estate if the relief requested herein is not granted on an ex parte basis.”By September 2019 Spears’ father filed a request to temporarily relieve himself of his duties due to his health, and Montgomery was named to the position. Last March her contract was extended for a second time, taking it through the summer. At time of press no one from Spears or her father’s camp had spoken to the media about the current court proceedings, but in the court documents Ingham wrote that he believes that Britney's new "objectives" will be "aggressively contested" by her pops."We are now at a point where the conservatorship must be changed substantially in order to reflect the major changes in her current lifestyle and her stated wishes," Ingham said in the filing, which also revealed Spears “does not want to perform at this time.”Spears may not want to perform, but she has been keeping fans apprised of her life through Instagram. Some of her posts include current boyfriend Sam Asghari, while others are of her working out or posing for selfies. Under her conservatorship, Spears legally has no control over anything—from managing her $59 million estate to her daily routine.Despite the growing popularity of the #FreeBritney movement, people close to Spears have reported over the years that the pop star is actually quite involved with business decisions. It’s unclear if the court will hand down a decision on August 19, but considering the current conservatorship expires in just three days, one seems likely to come pretty soon.[video_embed id='2011259']BEFORE YOU GO: Former Hollywood stylist ‘outs’ celebrities for being the worst to work with[/video_embed]