Britney Spears' conservatorship status remains unchanged after today's hearing, judge extends it through February 2021

[BritneyJeanSpearsOfficial]

Britney Spears wants her father to be removed from the conservatorship permanently, but unfortunately after today's court hearing nothing has changed.

On Tuesday (August 18), Britney's advocate and lawyer, Sam Ingham, filed docs with the court asking Britney's temporary conservator, a woman named Jodi Montgomery, to act as Britney's permanent conservator instead of her father.

Mr. Spears previously stepped down temporarily due to reported health concerns. It was around the same time he allegedly physically assaulted Britney's eldest son, which resulted in a restraining order filed by Kevin Federline that barred Jamie from seeing his grandsons for three years. 

Britney wants a bank or other financial institution to step in to manage her estate instead of her father, who remains conservator over her financial affairs still. 

Ingham says Mr. Spears will aggressively contest any motion that would remove him as conservator over the estate.

According to Britney'sGram, Ingham wants future proceedings to be public. Everything up until now has been highly confidential and sealed. 

On Wednesday, a court hearing was held to decide what the next step is for Britney in her conservatorship case. According to TMZ, nothing was formally changed because it was a scheduled status conference. 

According to the newly-filed docs, the temporary letters of conservatorship were extended through February 1st, 2021. Ingham has until September 18 to file a petition.
 

Their sources say Britney has an uphill battle because there's a declaration that claims she can't make important life decisions due to her mental health. She wants changes to the conservatorship so she can.

TMZ doubles down as usual that Britney is "not doing well" and hasn't been in a good place for more than a year. 

It's worth pointing out Britney's Instagram account frequently posts videos of her dancing, posing, and includes captions with cogent thoughts. 

Fans of the #FreeBritney movement frequently point out that conservatorships are designed for people who are incapacitated, yet Britney has proven time and time again that she isn't. 

Below is a roundup of updates from today's court hearing. We'll include more as they come in.

Fans showed up in droves outside the courthouse to protest the conservatorship.
 

 

 

Britney's former X Factor makeup artist Billy B attended and spoke to fans.
 

Britney's ex-husband of 55-hours, Jason Alexander, also attended the rally.
 

 

The American Civil Liberties Union threw their support behind the movement.
 

 

Britney's Gram, the girls who kicked off the second wave of the #FreeBritney movement, also attended.
 

 

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[BritneyJeanSpearsOfficial]

It better not get postpone again too 

[GaSt]

God, I hope she can "attend"

[Mgmgmgmg]

POSITIVE VIBES, FOLKS! Got a good feeling about this one.

Hackers: Don't try it this time. That wasn't the move.

[Dussiniers]

Please, pray for Britney!!!

Britney will be F R E E 

Hopefully, we'll have good news asap 

[Body ache]

I bet Britney has her phone turned off. 

[Slayer]

The court better have upped security as there will be hackers trying to listen!

Or better yet she can attend in person (still with abiding by social distancing)

[warioaddams]

Britney waiting to get connected.

[TylerSanchez]

Is this video conferenced again? 

[BlackoutInTheCircus]

Praying for her freedom 

[Fenixxx123]

How do you know she will be attending? I thought it was going to be via videoconference

[Iconic 4 U]

38 minutes ago, warioaddams said:

Britney waiting to get connected.

[Iconic 4 U]

41 minutes ago, TylerSanchez said:

Is this video conferenced again? 

Yes it is 

[Roger]

38 minutes ago, warioaddams said:

Britney waiting to get connected.

Not Britney, she's a clone. Britney would never be pictured drinking coke 

[Iconic 4 U]

30 minutes ago, Fenixxx123 said:

How do you know she will be attending? I thought it was going to be via videoconference

She's attending via video conference 

[Watch Me Work It]

what time tomorrow? I always forget

[Fenixxx123]

2 minutes ago, Iconic 4 U said:

She's attending via video conference 

[Iconic 4 U]

12 hours ago, Watch Me Work It said:

what time tomorrow? I always forget

12:30 pm PST

[Watch Me Work It]

Just now, Iconic 4 U said:

12:30 pm PST time

thanks

[Iconic 4 U]

1 minute ago, Watch Me Work It said:

thanks

Wait actually that's the time of the free Britney rally rather than the hearing sorry  I'm guessing the actual court hearing will happen soon after though!