The singer\u2019s lawyer requested the installation of a temporary conservator, citing her need to negotiate a prenuptial agreement and ongoing \u201canguish and harm.\u201d<\/b>
\nBritney Spears supports the prompt and complete termination this fall of the conservatorship that has overseen her finances and personal life since 2008, a lawyer for the singer said in a court filing on Wednesday, but she wants her father removed from the legal arrangement first. In a supplemental petition filed a week before the next scheduled hearing in the case, Mathew S. Rosengart, a lawyer for Ms. Spears, reiterated his previous calls for the immediate resignation or suspension of James P. Spears as the conservator of her estate, even as Ms. Spears pursues the dissolution of the guardianship and an investigation into her father\u2019s conduct while in charge. \u201cWhile the entire conservatorship is promptly wound down and formally terminated, it is clear that Mr. Spears cannot be permitted to hold a position of control over his daughter for another day,\u201d Mr. Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor who took over as Ms. Spears\u2019s representative in July, wrote. \u201cEvery day Mr. Spears clings to his post is another day of anguish and harm to his daughter.\u201d The filing follows a surprise turnaround by Mr. Spears earlier this month, when he asked the Los Angeles probate court to \u201cseriously consider whether this conservatorship is no longer required\u201d after more than a decade of asserting that the unique arrangement was in his daughter\u2019s best interest. Previously, in August, lawyers for Mr. Spears said he planned to step down as conservator \u201cwhen the time is right,\u201d arguing that there were \u201cno urgent circumstances justifying Mr. Spears\u2019 immediate suspension.\u201d In June, in her first detailed public comments on the conservatorship, Ms. Spears,39, called it abusive and said she wanted to end the arrangement without having to undergo additional psychiatric evaluations. But Mr. Rosengart said on Wednesday that while Ms. Spears \u201cfully consents\u201d to terminating the conservatorship, the singer \u201crejects her father\u2019s recounting of history and maintains that the Termination Petition was motivated by Mr. Spears\u2019s apparent self-interest\u201d \u2014 namely, rehabilitating his reputation, avoiding suspension and impeding Ms. Spears\u2019s ability \u201cto further investigate and examine his conduct since 2008.\u201d Mr. Rosengart called for \u201ca temporary, short-term conservator to replace Mr. Spears\u2019s until the conservatorship is completely and inevitably terminated this fall.\u201d He said Ms. Spears\u2019s current personal conservator, Jodi Montgomery, backed both the eventual termination of the conservatorship \u2014 \u201csubject to proper transition and asset protection\u201d \u2014 and \u201cthe immediate and necessary suspension of Mr. Spears, by no later than September 29,\u201d the date of the next status hearing. The lawyer also cited the singer\u2019s recent engagement to be married, noting that Mr. Spears\u2019s current role as conservator of the estate \u201cwould impede the ability to negotiate and consummate\u201d a prenuptial agreement. Lawyers for Mr. Spears did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Additionally, Mr. Rosengart called for a future hearing on outstanding accounting and financial issues regarding the conservatorship, arguing that mismanagement of Ms. Spears\u2019s estate by her father was \u201cevident and ongoing.\u201d The lawyer said that Mr. Spears had been served a request for discovery and a sworn deposition in August, before he filed to end the conservatorship. Mr. Rosengart cited Mr. Spears\u2019s potential \u201cunwarranted commissions from his daughter\u2019s work, totaling millions of dollars\u201d; a salary larger than Ms. Spears\u2019s, \u201cincluding for apparently-unused \u2018office\u2019 space\u201d; his failure to negotiate or to obtain a contract with the singer\u2019s previous business manager; and \u201cpotential self-dealing\u201d in connection with the estate\u2019s assets.<\/p>\n