LOS ANGELES, Aug 6 (Reuters) – The daddy of Britney Spears on Friday rejected efforts to take away him because the controller of his daughter’s property and mentioned there have been current discussions over whether or not to put the singer once more in a psychological well being facility for analysis.
Jamie Spears mentioned in court docket paperwork that Jodi Montgomery, who’s accountable for the singer’s private and medical affairs, had known as him in early July to precise concern that Spears was not taking her drugs correctly.
“Ms. Montgomery felt that Ms. Spears was spiraling uncontrolled,” Jamie Spears mentioned within the court docket paperwork.
“She raised potential choices together with a 5150 psychiatric maintain,” Jamie Spears mentioned. Below California regulation, a 5150 order permits an individual to be held for psychiatric analysis if they’re deemed to be a hazard to themselves or others.
In June, Spears, 39, made an emotional public tackle to the Los Angeles court docket dealing with her conservatorship, calling it abusive and saying she wished her life again.
Spears has been underneath the court-appointed conservatorship since 2008 when she had a psychological well being breakdown and was briefly positioned underneath a 5150 maintain. The character of her well being points have by no means been disclosed.
Her lawyer final month filed a proper request for Jamie Spears to step down as conservator of her property, saying his presence in her life was dangerous.
Montgomery’s lawyer on Friday mentioned she does have considerations in regards to the “Poisonous” singer’s psychological well being however that Jamie Spears had misrepresented their dialog.
“At no time did Ms. Montgomery specific to Mr. Spears that Ms. Spears would presently qualify for such a (5150) maintain,” Montgomery’s lawyer mentioned in an announcement issued in response to the court docket paperwork. The assertion mentioned Montgomery believed that having her father as conservator was having a “critical influence” on the singer’s psychological well being.
Jamie Spears mentioned in his submitting that “there are not any grounds in any way” to take away him as conservator, citing his work in taking his daughter from debt and hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in lawsuits to a present worth of greater than $60 million.
The bid to take away Jamie Spears as conservator was initially set for a court docket listening to in late September however legal professionals on either side say they help an earlier date.
Reporting by Jill Serjeant
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