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Mathew Rosengart, newly appointed as the
performer's personal legal representative, requested in legal
filings that the court replace Jamie Spears with certified
public accountant Jason Rubin as the overseer of the singer's
finances.
The matter will be discussed at a hearing in Los Angeles
Superior Court scheduled for Sept. 29, Judge Brenda Penny said.
Britney Spears, 39, was placed under a conservatorship that
controls her personal and financial affairs in 2008 after she
suffered a mental health breakdown. The details of her mental
health issues have never been revealed.
The "Stronger" singer recently told the court she wanted her
father immediately removed and charged with conservatorship
abuse.
In new court filings, Rosengart called the conservatorship a
"Kafkaesque nightmare" that had grown "increasingly toxic and is
simply no longer tenable."
He billed the proposed removal of Jamie Spears as an "initial
narrow step" that might be followed by a bid to end the
conservatorship entirely.
"There might well come a time when the Court will be called upon
to consider whether the conservatorship should be terminated in
its entirety," Rosengart's petition said.
Public support for Britney Spears has swelled since her
emotional address to the court in June in which she called the
conservatorship abusive and humiliating. Among her many claims,
the singer said had been forced to perform and take medication
against her wishes. A group of fans using the hashtag #FreeBritney
has urged that all limitations imposed on her be removed.
An attorney for Jamie Spears did not immediately respond to a
request for comment on Monday. He has said in previous
statements and court filings that he loves his daughter and is
looking out for her well-being. His lawyer, Vivian Thoreen,
earlier this month said many of Spears' allegations were untrue.
Also on Monday, judge Penny agreed to a request that the parties
have more time to discuss whether Britney Spears' estate will
pay for around-the-clock security for Jodi Montgomery, who is
the conservator of the singer's personal affairs. Montgomery has
said she receives death threats due to her involvement in the
case.
That issue also will be discussed on Sept. 29.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Jonathan Oatis, Chris
Reese and Sandra Maler)
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