Britney Spears’ request to hire her own lawyer is granted amid #FreeBritney rally at the Lincoln Memorial

Britney Spears has filed new legal documents requesting that her father, Jamie Spears, be removed as conservator of her estate.

 Britney Spears.Earlier this month, the pop star secured a big victory in her conservatorship battle by having a judge grant her permission to choose her own lawyer.For the past 13 years, Britney had been represented by her court-appointed attorney Samuel D. Ingham III--but he resigned two weeks ago.

*Trigger Warning* Britney Spears spoke remotely in an LA court for the second time since her first conservatorship testimony. On Wednesday, July 14, the pop singer scored a victory as a judge ruled she could appoint her own lawyer after her previous court-appointed lawyer stepped down last week.

During an emotional hearing in Los Angeles, a judge has ruled that singer Britney Spears will now be able to appoint her own lawyer for her conservatorship case.

Britney Spears is «celebrating» the latest developments in her ongoing conservatorship case.The singer took to Instagram on Wednesday to share her gratitude for her fans in a gleeful post, all in response to a judge's decision to allow her to hire her own legal representation.«Coming along, folks… coming along,» Spears wrote in the caption, alongside clips of her riding a horse and doing cartwheels in a park, all set to KT Tunstall's «Black Horse And The Cherry Tree.»«New with real

Britney Spears has been granted permission to hire her own legal counsel to represent her in her ongoing conservatorship case.

Britney Spears, 39, was granted the right to hire her own lawyer after she spoke to Judge Brenda J. Penny during a July 14 court hearing.

Britney Spears’ wish to choose her own lawyer in the legal battle over her conservatorship.In a landmark 24-minute testimony addressing a Los Angeles court last month, Spears called for the end of her “abusive” conservatorship and told the judge that she wanted to choose her own lawyer.Though she had built a personal relationship with her court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham III, Spears told the court that “I haven’t really had the opportunity by my own self to actually handpick my own lawyer

Britney Spears’ father Jamie is challenging a request from the singer’s co-conservator to increase their personal security budget following alleged threats of “violence and even death”.This latest development in the singer’s controversial conservatorship follows on from the resignation this week of Spears’ court-appointed lawyer Samuel Ingham III and her long time manager Larry Rudolph.The request from Spears’ temporary co-conservator Jodi Montgomery this week for “24/7 live security services”

Dueling conservators is the LAST thing Britney Spears needs.

One step closer? Britney Spears‘ mother, Lynne Spears, is seemingly taking charge after the pop star’s court-appointed lawyer, Samuel Ingham III, stepped down after 13 years.

Britney Spears' co-conservator of her estate Bessemer Trust's request to resign from her conservatorship has been approved.In court documents obtained by ET on Friday, Los Angeles judge Brenda Penny granted and signed the request.

Samuel Ingham III has been Britney Spears’ court-appointed attorney since her conservatorship began in 2008 — but hasn’t always been fans’ favorite.

Britney Spears detailing her conservatorship, her father will remain her conservator, for now. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge signed an order Wednesday denying her request to have her father, Jamie Spears, removed from her conservatorship.

The #FreeBritney movement isn’t over just yet. One week after Britney Spears broke her silence at her bombshell conservatorship hearing, a judge signed an old petition to keep her father, Jamie Spears, as her co-conservator.

The judge in Britney Spears‘ conservatorship case has denied her request to remove her father as conservator of her estate. An order signed on Wednesday made both Jamie Spears and Bessemer Trust Company co-conservators of her estate.

Iggy Azalea is speaking out again in support of Britney Spears.