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The pop star has been on an indefinite work hiatus since early 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James Spears\u2019 attorney, Vivian Lee Thoreen, defended what she said was his perfect record in his run as her conservator, which has seen her net worth go from in debt to well over $60 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thoreen argued that the disruption caused by his removal would do her the very harm the suspension is meant to prevent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t believe there is a shred of evidence to support my client\u2019s suspension,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thoreen also objected to Ingham\u2019s statements about the father-daughter relationship as inadmissible hearsay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The judge did approve that a corporate fiduciary, the Bessemer Trust, will now serve as co-conservator over her estate along with her father, which Britney Spears had requested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of the attorneys involved, along with Britney Spears\u2019 parents, took part in the hearing via phone and videoconference. The pop star did not attend in any form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conservatorship, known in many states as a guardianship, began in 2008 when she was having serious mental struggles and an often public meltdown. The arrangements are normally limited to people with severely diminished ability to make decisions for themselves, and are meant to be temporary, but Britney Spears, 38, has remained under court control longer than anyone expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ingham on Tuesday called her a \u201chigh-functioning conservatee\u201d who deserves at least notice of the actions her father is taking, which he has declined to provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ingham said Spears has not spoken to her father in a very long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thoreen argued that the reason father and daughter have not communicated is because Ingham has prevented it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Britney Spears has acknowledged that the conservatorship was necessary when it began, and probably saved her career, and she remained silent both in public and in court for nearly all of its existence, with her attorney acting mostly as a neutral observer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But starting in August she began publicly seeking to choose who had power over her, asking for greater transparency in the court\u2019s often secret moves, and even declaring that she was sympathetic to fans who have increasingly demanded in protests and online posts that those in control must #FreeBritney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n