After controlling the minutiae of his adult daughter's life and finances for 13 years, Jamie Spears finally relinquished his role in the conservatorship that governs Britney Spears' life. The pop star isn't technically free of her guardianship yet. But her father's resignation is a huge win for Spears and her legal team, who've been lobbying to end the restrictive arrangement that's been in place since 2008.
The elder Spears asked the courts to sign over his famous daughter's rights after she suffered a public breakdown in the late aughts. In the intervening decade-and-change, she's been well enough to record albums, tour the world and headline a Las Vegas residency, earning hundreds of millions of dollars over the years — enriching her father and the lawyers involved in her guardianship, in turn.
