Britney Spears' new lawyer files to remove father's control
New Indian ExpressLOS ANGELES: Britney Spears' new attorney petitioned Monday to oust her father from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years and replace him with a professional accountant. Rosengart said in the filing that before he sought to end the conservatorship, he was first addressing "the most pressing issue facing Ms. Spears: removing Mr. Spears as conservator of the estate." Lynne Spears, Britney's mother and James' ex-wife, said in a declaration supporting Rosengart's filing that his "microscopic control" over her health care and business decisions in a key period in 2018 and 2019 was especially damaging. Judge Brenda Penny gave Britney Spears permission to hire an attorney of her choice at that hearing, when for the second straight time the singer publicly assailed the conservatorship that has been in place since 2008, breaking into tears as she described the "cruelty" it subjected her to. Penny has not yet shown any inclination to remove James Spears, and it is not the first time an attorney for Britney Spears has sought her father's ouster.