No official time frame has been laid out but it may be extended for another six months to a year as far as lawyers can speculate. Despite the length of time, TMZ also reports that the work required to dissolve part of the conservatorship may start as soon as next month with the next hearing being set for January 14th.

In the meantime Jamie will continue to be paid $16K per month in exchange for maintaining control over his daughter’s professional affairs.

I’m sure Britney must be a little disappointed but I hope she remembers how vital all of this was to practically saving her life back when she wasn’t doing well at all. Freedom is on the horizon, she just needs to hang in there a little bit longer.

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However, after all this time, Britney Spears is seeking to end the personal conservatorship in court; the one Jamie has over her business will remain intact, at least for now. Jamie has always said he would like Britney to control her own life when the “time is right” and now the courts will start taking a look at the facts to decide if that time is now.

Lawyers and experts have been meeting as the first steps are taken. A court appointed psychiatrist will evaluate Britney’s capacity to control her own life. What a strange situation for a 29-year-old woman to be in!

Allegedly, Jamie Spears’ greatest fear is the thought that his daughter may allow bad influences back into her life, such as her ex-manager Sam Lufti who is currently ordered to stay away from Brit for three years. Let’s hope she realizes how dangerous that could be for her!

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Courtney took to Twitter to claim that Britney Spears is the victim of molestation and that the culprit is her own father. That’s a shocking thing to say! She posted:

britneys dad molested her , imagine the father that molested you owning you for slavery while your forced to sing songs picked for thier sexual content every night, insane right?

“i have it on First had authority, and fight as hard as she is and does she still didnt pull that card, its a pride thing i can relate to, However they want to play dirty, lets go, Im SO not affraid of the little trolls who hit this when i was f***** up who are called lawyers. lets GO.”

That sounds to me like someone wanting to ride on Britney’s coat tails now that she’s successfully created an epic comeback over the past year. Courtney shouldn’t be spouting off about this. We’ve all read tabloids long enough to know that “first hand authority” doesn’t mean much.

If she’s honestly concerned then she should go through the proper channels, not through Twitter. However, I think Courtney Love just wants some of Britney’s current fame. That’s pretty disgusting.

How long do you think it will be before the Britney Spears camp will speak out about this?

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Also lounging by the pool were dad Jamie Spears and mom Lynne Spears.

Brit’s in Miami because she has a show in Orlando and in Miami coming up, but it’s great to see her spending time with the whole family.

More photos of Britney Spears poolside with the family below the cut!

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However, it must not be all doom and gloom because according to reports, Britney wants to thank her dad by giving him a restaurant to run. Jamie used to work on food before taking on the conservatorship, so it’s a fitting gift.

“Britney just wanted to give him something useful as a sign of her appreciation. After all their ups and downs she knows he’s always got her best interests at heart.”

That’s such a nice gesture! On the other hand, you can’t help but wonder if there’s a method to the madness – if Jamie Spears is busy running a restaurant, that just might give Britney a bit more freedom! Hmmm, sneaky!

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Sam Lufti already got hit with a restraining order thanks to Britney Spears‘ crack legal team. Now he might get hit with a big bill too.

According to People.com, Britney’s lawyers are asking Sam Lufti to pay $123,142 to cover the legal fees that racked up during the hearing.

Not only will they pull in some cold, hard cash from Britney’s ex-manager, her ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib is being ordered to pay up his share too – $72,292. They’re also seeking $129,922 from Jon Eardley who challenged Jamie Spears over his control of Britney. Both men were also recipients of restraining orders.

The lesson one can learn from all of this is that it’s really expensive to screw around with Britney Spears.

I sure hope they all made enough money off of Britney back in the day to cover the fees!

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Yesterday, that sigh of relief you heard probably came from Jamie Spears. He must be thrilled that a judge has passed judgment and now Sam Lufti is ordered to stay away from Britney Spears for three years. Sam must keep a minimum of 100 yards from Britney, her two boys, homes belonging to her family members, and is not allowed to contact her (or her sons) via phone, mail, or email.

Due to recent circumstances, the order also states that Sam may not claim to be acting or speaking on Britney’s behalf. Unfortunately, there is no such order to protect Britney’s mother, Lynne Spears.

Sam Lufti is not the only one to be on the receiving end of a restraining order courtesy of the Spears family. Lawyer Jon Eardley frequently challenged the legal control Jamie Spears has over Britney, and now he too is faced with the same orders for three years.

Not surprisingly, Sam Lufti intends to appeal the restraining order. Hasn’t he messed Britney’s life up enough? Doesn’t he have anything better to do with his life these days? Still, his lawyer issued a statement saying:

“We absolutely will appeal this ruling. Never before in history has a restraining order been issued against someone who answered another person’s cries for help.”

I have a feeling this isn’t over yet.

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According to statements made in court, Britney has been making top secret phone calls to Sam Lufti and Adnan Ghalib on a prepaid cell phone that was somehow given to her by her ex-manager. I’m not sure how Sam mmanaged to send her a cell phone when Britney has been so heavily guarded and under what appears to be a very vigilant watch, but the phone in question was allegedly confiscated from Brit by some of the security that keeps tabs on her.

(Confiscated? Really? I don’t think either Sam or Adnan is a good influence on Britney but they confiscated her phone? I know she’s under Jamie’s control legally but this all makes her sound like she 15 years old and got caught staying up too late at night talking to her boyfriend while hiding under her covers, doesn’t it?)

I can’t help but wonder why Britney would want to communicate with either Sam or Adnan when it seems so clear that they caused far more trouble for her than anything else. On the other hand, maybe Britney isn’t sabotaging herself – maybe it’s Jamie Spears who is creating the biggest danger. There’s helping and protecting, and then there’s overbearing and over-controlling. The former could keep Britney safe and make her life better.

But the latter could end up pushing her straight back towards the people she needs out of her life.

What do you think of all this insanity?

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According to Access Hollywood, Britney Spears will never control her own life again. The courts filed papers to make the ruling official, and Britney’s conservatorship will be permanent. This means that essentially her father, Jamie Spears will have full control over Britney’s life – for the rest of her life

Her father will permanently control his daughter’s finances and personal matters. The court papers declare that Britney is substantially unable to manage … her financial resources or to resist fraud or undue influence.”

They also claim that she can’t properly provide for her own personal needs when it comes to health, which includes shelter and food.

What is particularly chilling is that Jamie has “the power to restrict and limit visitors by any means.”

While restrictions were good when it came to people like Sam Lufti and Adnan Ghalib, I can’t help but worry – what if Britney meets someone that she cares about and there’s really nothing wrong with him but Jamie just doesn’t like him? It must be scary to be a legal adult but not be allowed to have any kind of control of yourself.

I don’t really know why this was made permanent at this point. Britney isn’t a sociopath, but permanent it is. However, when the ruling was made in October she didn’t object or appeal.

What do you think of the permanence? Is it too much or is it the only way to keep Britney and her kids safe?

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When Jamie King took over the choreography, he apparently wasn’t overly impressed by what he saw. He had just finished working on Madonna’s tour which was a well-oiled machine, but he has allegedly told Britney’s dad that she’s not there yet and isn’t ready to get out on stage for a full concert’s worth of performing.

If the stories are true, supposedly Mr. Spears is not interested in hearing any negativity as a source allegedly said, “Jamie didn’t want to hear it. Instead, he said they were coddling Britney and were letting her get away with too much.”

I admit that when Britney first performed live she looked a little awkward, but I think that had more to do with nerves and knowing that she had to be good after the VMA performance that had last been seen. Once she had a few live performances under her belt again, I noticed that she had improved drastically. I think that Britney just needs to get out there and get back into the groove.

What do you think? Is Britney ready to tour or not?

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