Britney Spears’ conservatorship is over, a choose dominated Friday.

The 39-year-old pop star has been underneath authorized guardianship for 13 years after publicly coping with psychological well being points that got here to a head in 2008. Spears has been attempting to finish her conservatorship for greater than a yr so as to regain her independence and have a say in her medical care.

In latest months, Spears has been permitted to hire her own attorney — Hollywood lawyer Mathew Rosengart — and petitioned to have a certified public accountant take over management of her conservatorship after levying abuse claims towards her father James Spears.

James Spears has publicly denied these accusations. In late September, a choose suspended James Spears as his daughter’s guardian and named California accountant John Zabel because the momentary conservator of Spears’ funds.

When James Spears encountered well being points in 2019, Jodi Montgomery, a licensed non-public fiduciary, was appointed in a brief position inside the conservatorship. Montgomery has reportedly developed a care plan with therapists and medical doctors that can information Spears by way of the top of her conservatorship and past.

There may very well be extra courtroom battles in Spears’ future, nonetheless. Rosengart has vowed to pursue an investigation of James Spears’ position within the conservatorship, together with how he dealt with Spears’ funds and allegations that he positioned a listening machine positioned within the pop star’s bed room.

James Spears’ legal professional has publicly denied these allegations.

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