Britney Spears’ Conservatorship Become Permanent
Forever? And ever? Britney Spears' father Jamie Spears will remain in control of his daughter's life permanently. Court papers, which went into effect this week, claim that Britney “is substantially unable to manage … her financial resources or to resist fraud or undue influence.” Finances will be handled by Jamie and Britney's lawyer, Andrew Wallet while her father will solely handle Brit Brit's personal endeavors.
The agreement gives permanent control of the pop star’s finances to her father, Jamie Spears, along with attorney Andrew Wallet. While Jamie is sole conservator over Britney’s personal matters.
In the papers pertaining to Britney’s financial matters, it states Britney “is substantially unable to manage … her financial resources or to resist fraud or undue influence.”
When it comes to control over Britney, herself, the papers state the star “is unable properly to provide for his or her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter.”
The personal order also gives Jamie Spears “the power to restrict and limit visitors by any means.”
What do you think about the court order?
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5075 points
wrong on every level...it's just too unbalanced....no pun intended. what if she meets someone, falls in love & wants to get married...what then? permanent = forever and that's a really long time...
6735 points
I don't really know the extent of Brit's mental issues, so even tho it seems excessive on the outside we really don't know what's going on. I am sure they are probably trying to protect her from the Sam's and Adnan's of the world. Since whatever influence her father has on her seems to be working, it is hard to doubt him. However permanent does seem excessive. Wonder what Brit has to say about this.
300 points
How can they make it PERMANENT? Seems unright to me. Although as Amy said, we don't know Britney's real state of mind. Maybe she's permanently ill? // thefitorange.com
having worked in a community mental health center, the only conclusion I can reach is that Brittney has been diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness. Otherwise, it is extremely difficult if not impossible to achieve permenant conservatorship over someone else's finances. what surprises me though is that it was granted to her dad, and not her mom - i always thought those two were pretty close.
WOW. But... he's done a good job so far; getting her back on track and stuff. Permanently is the WOW, but like many have said already, we don't know the full extent of what is going through her mind. All and all, I am just glad to see her up and running again. I hope the tour treats her well.
1370 points
Britney is not the average person, though, with a 9-5 job. She is basically the moneymaker in a very lucrative company. People depend on her for employment. She's got millions in investments, charities, etc. So it makes sense that if she's not able to take care of herself, it's time to replace "the manager" so to speak. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Parenting is NOT an 18 year contract. There are children that will need parental help / supervision / guidance their entire lives.
4910 points
She must have some serious mental illness for this to happen. I feel bad for her, she will never be able to live her life, it will all be planned by her father.
So what the judge is really saying is that if her father wasn't there she would probably fall apart and kill herself...
30200 points
That is very unusual. I guess her illness is more serious than it seems right now. I still think that someone unbalanced enough to need permanent conservatorship should not be continuing a career in showbiz. That's my opinion though.
wow, look at her.....she is the sexiest!!!
I suspect that permanent is not PERMANENT as in forever. I suspect permanent means on-going. It is an on-going conservatorship--it doesn't expire after 90 days or whatever. In the future (5 years from now, tomorrow, or whatever), should Britney want to end the conservatorship, she can go to court where she'll have to prove that she's able of caring for herself and/or her finances.
410 points
Thats exactly it. This just keeps her dad and attorney from running to court every 5 minutes to extend it. I think there is a lot of misconception about what a Conservatorship is. She still has choices folks, they are just overseen by her father. And truthfully, it might be irritating for her sometimes, but overall, it frees her up from the worry and stress of managing all that comes with her success. At this point it's probably a great help stress reliever for her. She's said many times that she worries all the time. I can vouch for how worry can totally make an emotional mess out of you. In the long run this will save her money (in court costs) and everyone else time (not having to renew the arrangement). When she's ready, they will end it. But right now, she's not ready. She's healing and getting her life back together. Lets just leave her alone and let her cope. She'll get there.
300 points
I really hope that this was absolutely needed. I also hope that she is able to have some sort of life in all of this that is partly of her choosing (friends, romance etc).
Hello. Mental illness is sometimes a lifelong thing. If she gets better she can go back to court. Permanent in legal terms means indefinite. You can't always "see" mental illness.
yes, yes, and more yes. it is sometimes difficult for some folks to get this, but you are so right!!!
If it's in the best interest of Britney, than so be it. I agree with above poster. Mental illness is sometimes a lifelong thing...especially bi-polar disorder.
Wow. Sucks to be her. I wonder to what extent she's allowed to make everyday decisions. Is she allowed to date, go shopping by herself?
Some people have questioned her father's choices as well. If she's that sick, was Circus too much and too soon?
300 points
What happens if something bad happens to Jamie? Does the attorney take over? It sounds like Britney was really bad, mentally. It does suck to be her!
Obviously there's more to this than we know about. Either Britney agreed to this arrangement, or she's worse off than we've been told. It's simply not that easy to gain financial control over someone's estate like that while they're still alive and well.
Obviously she is a VERY SICK individual. If any of you
'shocked' 'fans' bothered to read the December issue of Glamour with her on the cover, you would have read about how FUCKED UP homegirl still is. She will never be ok enough to run her own life, she has the mental capacity of a 12 year old.
So...basically because her parents didn't do their jobs when she was growing up like making sure she got an education, got the skills it took to become self sufficient, and instead just used her like a puppet to make money off of...they now have the ability to continue to use her to make money whether or not it's in her best interest.
This is the part I find that is so disturbing. Had they done their job as parents instead of being greedy and only seeing what their daughters could do for them, they're now able to further her illness by not giving her the proper education to become rehabilitated or even first time introduced into how to become a human being like everyone else.
That is very very sad and I feel extremely sorry for her.
I totally agree with you here. I mean if her dad is running her life in every aspect, 24/7 how is she ever gonna be able to handle life's situations and learn from her mistakes if her dad/lawyer do everything for her?
Yeah. Mental illness is the parents' fault. It was their genes afterall.
I wasn't saying her mental illness was her parents fault. I was saying that they did not give her the proper guidance obviously. She wasn't taught basic things like what you should and shouldn't do. She grew up in the spot light and was never given a chance to just step back and be human. Her parents pushed her into performing from a very young age and did not give her guidelines and boundaries. I feel sorry for her, but I feel sorry for her children more. Specially when they grow up and if they read these stories.
Nah... I don't believe in "permanent"!
18455 points
Oh wow I cant even begin to imagine what is going on with her. Poor girl. Imagine someone telling you you cant "resist fraud or undue influence" ! She must be really messed up tho I would love to know the real story and not the media/PR spun one. While I agree with the question someone asked if she should be in show business what else is she going to do? She has stated she loves to dance and being at home with nothing to do couldnt be good for her either.
If her mental illness is really so serious as to warrant permanent conservatorship and make her father in charge of her major life choices - should he really be pimping her out as a pop star? Is THAT in her best interest? Is THAT going to help make her become more independent and more stable? Seems like it just allows Jamie to be the ringmaster of her circus (pun intended).
8425 points
if she is not well enough to take care of herself, why is she still in showbiz??? she is not mentally healthy, she should be at home with her family and kids and a good therapist.
Your are exactly right!
well said
i think this whole thing is crazy i dont think britneys father should make all decisions for her i mean she should be able to at least think of each decision she wants to do before her dad saying yes or no i mean britney has said it before she feels to controlled by her father and really bored i mean if her father is gonna take control of everything he should at least let her have a little freedom i mean not to much but just a little to where she wouldent feel so depressed if ppl say shes craz its because she's being controlled in everything that she does i mean why make someones life more depressing then what it is? it sucks for britney she's 27 and she probobly still has to ask her dad if she can do a certain thing by herself i mean its nuts!!!!! but sense this is about her mental illness then again i do think being controlled by her dad is the best thing but then again i wouldent make her life worse then what it is i would let her do certain things. if britney can prove she can be on her own again then she can go to court and sort this whole thing out i hope when she does gets well again which she has improved alot latley everything will be back to normal again i hope in the end when that happens she can be happy again but for now i think were gonna see britney not to happy with this whole situation i wish the courts and her dad let her FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and let her live her own life
it would be good for the father to let control of her misbehavior but I don't agree on the permanent conservatorship. she has her own rights for that matter if it would really be permanent it will build a huge mishandled of emotional freedom inside of her it would be best to coup up with some eft training for it.
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