Britney Spears appears in court, reports say conservatorship close to ending

Britney Spears appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court this morning in a progress hearing for her conservatorship, which reports say may soon be over.

Spears arrived for her appearance in a red turtleneck paired with white flared pants. She walked ahead of fiancé Jason Trawick, reaching back to hold his hand. The two were accompanied by Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, who oversees the conservatorship.

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While Judge Reva Goetz sealed the courtroom at 8:30 a.m., barring the public from hearing discussion of Spears’ “medical issues and financials,” sources say that the topic of discussion was restoring the pop star’s control of both her finances and business affairs.

“That’s the goal,” a source explained to E! News, before adding that the process of ending the conservatorship is “complex.” Another court date has been set for April.

In January, a source told The Sunday Express that Jamie Spears was hoping to get his daughter on her own two feet before her wedding, so that she could be “a free woman in every sense when she marries.” Former agent Trawick proposed to Spears in December.

Spears’ court-ordered conservatorship began in 2008, following her split with husband Kevin Federline and subsequent public meltdown that culminated in her shaving her head and attacking paparazzi photographers with an umbrella. The singer lost custody of her two children, Sean Preston and Jayden James, before her father swooped in to help her get back on track.

Spears has extended a public thank-you to her dad in the past for overseeing the conservatorship.

“My father saved my life,” Spears told the Daily Star. “I probably wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him … [He] basically gave up his job and his life to look after me at a time when I wasn’t even sure I wanted to go on living.”