Britney Spears has yet another court battle against a parent – this time with her mother over legal fees.
At a hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, the pop star’s attorney argued that she didn’t have to pay her mother’s $663,000 bill. Lynne Spears reportedly used up that amount during her daughter’s fight to end Jamie Spears’ tutelage of her life and finances.
The conservatory ended last November. Lynne Spears says she is entitled to the fees for allegedly starting the effort that led to Jamie Spears being ousted as her daughter’s conservator.
Third in the Conservator fight, she hired a team of lawyers in 2019 to see what they could do to “help Britney break free from what she saw as a very controlling existence” and help her daughter ” independence from her conservator father, Jamie Spears,” according to Lynne Spears’ attorney’s court filings.
Britney Spears “enthusiastically” agreed to her mother’s help and hoped together they could “save her from the nightmare she was going through,” according to Lynne Spears’ attorney.
Lynne Spears, 66, and Jamie Spears, 69, divorced in 2002.
The singer’s attorney, Mathew Rosengart, filed papers this week to object to the request.
“We believe the petition was filed in bad faith,” Rosengart said, adding that there was no legal basis for Lynne Spears’ request.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny postponed the hearing to July 20 so that she could read all of the court documents related to Lynne Spears’ fee request.
“I really need to look at everything that’s been filed, and the probate attorney needs to look at everything, too,” the judge said.