Britney Spears’ lawyer plans to file a petition to make the singer’s current “care manager” and temporary conservative, Jodi Montgomery, a permanent, the singer’s lawyer, Samuel D. Ingham III, said during a brief hearing Wednesday. market.
Spears’ father, Jamie, stepped down as the star’s personal conservator in 2019 due to ill health and a professional conservative – Montgomery – temporarily replaced him.
The petition, which will be dealt with during a hearing on April 27, will request that Montgomery be appointed permanent conservative of the Spears person.
It was not clear whether the function would also meet the needs of your property. Jamie and Bessemer Trust currently oversee Spears ‘assets, while Montgomery currently serves as Spears’ “care manager”.
Meanwhile, Wednesday’s accounting hearing was scheduled to see his estate’s co-conservatives – Jamie and the new Bessemer Trust party – detailing Spears’ finances for the court.
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However, the hearing was postponed to an April date as the parties work to determine an accurate list of assets and holdings and where the finances were spent.
David Glass, a certified family law attorney and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology – who is not involved in the matter – told Fox News that “continuations are quite common in accounting hearings” because “both sides are still trying to do ensure that assets and counts are resolved ”
Glass also assessed Wednesday’s developments around the petition, which, he said, could be the first real step towards the total dissolution of collective redress.
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“An interesting thing was that Samuel Ingham, the court-appointed lawyer for Britney, announced that he will file a petition to appoint Jodi Montgomery as the person’s conservative,” Glass told Fox News minutes after the hearing was completed. “At the moment, the conservatives of property and financial matters are Jamie and this Bessemer Trust. And now he is asking Jodi Montgomery to become the person’s permanent conservator.”
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Glass called the potential move a “big step” for Montgomery, who took on the main role of conservative in 2019 for a temporary period.
“This is the person who is just making personal decisions for medical treatment and whether she needs bodyguards. Does she need to see a therapist? All kinds of everything except financial matters for a concerned person,” explained Glass.
Britney Spears’ father, right, was her legal guardian for years.
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“A lot of the hoopla around this has been: ‘How come [Britney] didn’t you ask to remove the conservative? ‘This may be the first step towards that, at least switching to a personal conservative who she thinks will be more friendly to her, more favorable to her. “
In addition, according to Glass, the move to essentially promote Montgomery appears to be the most sensible move, considering the fact that she is currently Spears’ care manager, a position that is one step below the conservative.
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“The caregiver collects information about the conservator’s health and his medical records and what his doctors say and then summarizes that information and delivers it to the conservatory. So, in that sense, it is a step forward for Mrs. Montgomery ”.
Jamie will also have the opportunity to object to the petition to nominate Montgomery as the main conservative, Glass said.
“Jamie will be obliged to present any opposition he may have as to why he thinks he should not be removed as the person’s conservative. [Britney] and then the court can decide what to do if it needs more information, “said Glass.
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“At that point, the court can set a probationary trial where people testify or if the court thinks it has enough information, it can actually decide on that point,” he continued. “It is rare for a probate court to judge on the basis of papers alone. They almost always go to some kind of probative objection, trial hearing ”.
The continuation of the case on Wednesday was requested by Vivian Thoreen, Jamie’s interim prosecutor. Although she did not provide a reason for the request, both parties agreed to back down until April 27.
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Jamie has been the target of the #FreeBritney movement since renewed attention was given to the singer after the release of the documentary “Framing Britney Spears”. Currently, guardianship gives Jamie control of the star’s property. However, Spears recently started taking legal action to claim the agency over his life.
Spears’ representatives and lawyers did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment.
Melissa Chrise and Tyler McCarthy of Fox News contributed to this report