. “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.”
Thoreen continued to say that Britney has recently “demonstrated a level of independence that calls into question whether a conservatorship of the person is required.” She cited news reports that say Britney has been driving , and that she’s hired her own lawyer to represent her own interests. Early in the conservatorship, a judge determined that the singer was incapable of hiring her own lawyer.
“If Ms. Spears has the capacity and capability to engage counsel on her own, she presumably has capacity and capability to handle other contractual and business matters,” Thoreen wrote.Britney’s lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, called the new filing “vindication,” but warned that Jamie Spears is only stepping down voluntarily to avoid repercussions for his years of keeping his daughter in an unnecessary conservatorship.
“To the extent Mr. Spears believes he can try to avoid accountability and justice, including sitting for a sworn deposition and answering other discovery under oath, he is incorrect and our investigation into financial mismanagement and other issues will continue,” Rosengart said in a statement.Britney had not yet officially filed a formal petition to ask for her conservatorship to end, though she has asked a judge to remove her father from his role overseeing her finances and estate.
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