On Wednesday afternoon, Britney Spears’ conservatorship case will be back in front of a judge at Los Angeles Superior Court.
The list of what they are putting before Judge Brenda Penny is pretty long, and in some cases the participants are at distinct odds with each other.
Since then, Jamie Spears has been primarily in charge of Britney Spears’ conservatorship, handling both her money matters and her day-to-day life decisions.
Two years ago, Jamie Spears stepped aside from being the conservator of his daughter’s “person” — that is, handling her life and personal decisions.
In September 2019, Montgomery, a licensed personal fiduciary and care professional, was appointed as conservator of Britney Spears’ person when Spears’ father faced a health crisis.
He also asked the court to launch an investigation into the truthfulness of his daughter’s statements in court — which, like everything and everyone else involved in this case, would be something that Britney Spears would end up paying for herself.
Last week, Montgomery filed a petition asking the court to allow Spears a way toward getting new counsel, which the judge will be hearing on Wednesday — more on that below.
Penny won’t be hearing any of this on Wednesday, but Montgomery and the elder Spears now are locked into sending heated, accusation-filled court filings back and forth at each other.
Ingham III has been Spears’ court-appointed attorney ever since Judge Reva Goetz, Penny’s predecessor, first placed the pop star into the conservatorship in 2008.
In last month’s statement to the court, Spears appeared partly to blame Ingham for her unhappiness, saying that she was unaware she had the right to ask for the conservatorship to end and that “my lawyer, Sam, has been very scared for me to go forward.” Last week, Ingham formally requested to resign from representing Spears.
According to The New York Times, Ingham had been looking for changes to the conservatorship as early as 2014.
Jodi Montgomery filed a separate petition asking Judge Penny to appoint a guardian ad litem who can help Spears select her own attorney.
On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and 25 other civil rights and disability rights organizations filed an amicus brief with the court to support Spears being able to select her own attorney.
After hearing Spears’ remarks in court, Bessemer filed a request to remove itself from the situation, stating that it was not aware that the singer wanted to terminate the conservatorship.