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Britney Spears bids again to permanently get dad out of her personal affairs

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<p>LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for Britney Spears will again ask a Los Angeles court next month to make official the replacement of her father as her conservator in a long-running battle over control of her personal and financial affairs.</p><p>Her lawyer, Samuel Ingham, told a court hearing on Wednesday that he would ask that Jodi Montgomery, who in 2019 was appointed temporary conservator of the singer&#x27;s personal affairs, be made permanent. Ingham said he would present the petition at an April 27 hearing.</p><p>Britney Spears, now 39, has made clear through her lawyer in the past year that she no longer wants her father involved in her affairs. A previous bid to remove him failed in August last year.</p><p>Montgomery, the singer&#x27;s care manager, took over from the singer&#x27;s father Jamie Spears after he suffered a bout of ill health. Jamie Spears remains legal guardian of his daughter&#x27;s financial affairs but is now sharing those duties with a financial institution.</p><p>A planned court review on Wednesday of the pop star&#x27;s finances was postponed for a month.</p><p>Jamie Spears was appointed conservator in 2008 after his daughter was hospitalized for psychiatric treatment following a widely publicized breakdown.</p><p>A television documentary in February brought new scrutiny to the case and to the #FreeBritney movement started by fans.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/12/21/freebritney-britney-spears-legal-case-draws-new-scrutiny-after-tv-documentary">#FreeBritney: Britney Spears legal case draws new scrutiny after TV documentary</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/15/17/look-britney-spears-arrives-in-manila">LOOK: Britney Spears arrives in Manila</a></li></ul><p>#FreeBritney supporters believe Spears is being kept prisoner and that she is sending cryptic signals begging to be freed through her social media accounts.</p><p>Vivian Thoreen, an attorney for Jamie Spears, noted last month the pop star had never requested the termination of the legal arrangement.</p><p>&quot;This is a story about a fiercely loyal, loving, and dedicated father who rescued his daughter from a life-threatening situation. People were harming her and they were exploiting her,&quot; Thoreen told TV show &quot;Good Morning America&quot; in an interview.</p><p>&quot;Anytime Britney wants to end her conservatorship she can ask her lawyer to file a petition to terminate it,&quot; Thoreen said.</p><div><strong>(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dHR5r5ecmp0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for Britney Spears will again ask a Los Angeles court next month to make official the replacement of her father as her conservator in a long-running battle over control of her personal and financial affairs.</p>

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for Britney Spears will again ask a Los Angeles court next month to make official the replacement of her father as her conservator in a long-running battle over control of her personal and financial affairs.