{"id":34055,"date":"2021-09-08T10:45:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T10:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=200062"},"modified":"2021-09-08T13:46:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:46:40","slug":"britney-spears-end-conservatorship","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/britney-spears-end-conservatorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears&#8217; Father Jamie Has Officially Filed To End His Daughter&#8217;s Conservatorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_200063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200063\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-200063\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-542878489.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1559\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-200063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Siemoneit\/ullstein bild via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/britney-spears-netflix-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FreeBritney<\/a> movement might finally be close to achieving its primary goal \u2013 to remove <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/britney-spears-voicemails-sam-lutfi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Britney Spears<\/a>&#8216; 13-year-long conservatorship, which saw her life and finances controlled by her father. After announcing that he will <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jamie-spears-step-down-britney-spears-co-conservator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">step down<\/a> as his daughter&#8217;s co-conservator last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/britney-spears-conservatorship-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Spears<\/a> has now officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-09-08\/britney-spears-father-files-to-end-court-conservatorship\/100442938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filed<\/a> to end the conservatorship altogether.<\/p>\n<p>The popstar has been extremely vocal about her desire to be released from her conservatorship, telling the court in a back in June that she just &#8220;wanted [her] life back&#8221;. She also remained adamant in requesting her father be <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/britney-spears-jamie-spears-conservatorship-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed as a conservator<\/a>, telling the court in July, &#8220;I&#8217;m here to get rid of my dad and charge him with conservatorship abuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_200064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200064\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-200064\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-75885700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1485\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-200064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Britney Spears (Photo by Steve Granitz\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a petition filed to the Los Angeles Superior Court, Jamie Spears detailed his reasons for deciding to comply with his daughter&#8217;s requests. &#8220;As Mr Spears has said, again and again, all he wants is what is best for his daughter,&#8221; the document read. &#8220;If Ms Spears wants to terminate the conservatorship and believes that she can handle her own life, Mr\u00a0Spears believes that she should get that chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Judge Brenda Penny, who is overseeing Spears&#8217; case, will now need to approve the request before the conservatorship can be officially ended. 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