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Jul 12 2021
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‘This is freaking ridiculous’: Britney Spears inspires lawmakers to tackle toxic conservatorships
The Free Britney movement has a new fan base on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers with wildly different ideologies work to help a cause once dismissed as niche.
The unusual groundswell began after an appeal in open court last month by 39-year-old pop star Britney Spears, who's fought to exit a legal guardianship she says has prevented her from driving with her boyfriend and forced her to stay
Politico
Nov 12 2021
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Britney Spears’ Conservatorship Terminated After 13 Years, Finally Giving Freedom to Pop Star
Britney Spears’ conservatorship has been terminated after 13 years, a California court has determined.
Friday’s hearing marked the most pivotal hearing for the star, who has been living under a court-ordered conservatorship that her father Jamie Spears placed her under in 2008. Around that time, the singer had endured a series of public pitfalls that were heavily covered by the tabloids
Variety
Jul 12 2021
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Spears' Case Goes Back To Court — Here's What Could Be Next For Her Conservatorship
Wednesday is set to be an important day in court for Britney Spears. Since her searing open testimony describing life under her conservatorship, there've been some big changes to her legal situation. A wealth management company, Bessemer Trust, which had been set to take over as co-conservator for Spears' estate, requested to resign. Her court-appointed attorney Sam Ingham also requested to
NPR (Online News)
Jun 23 2021
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Britney Spears Will Soon Address A Judge About Her Conservatorship. Here’s A Timeline Of How She Got To This Point.
For 13 years, Britney Spears’ life has been completely controlled by her father and a cast of lawyers after a public mental health crisis that was gleefully documented by the paparazzi. Placed in a rare court-appointed conservatorship, the pop star lost power over her vast fortune and business dealings, a move her father, Jamie Spears, and others argued was necessary to protect her from
BuzzFeed News
Jun 28 2021
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Britney Spears
“After 13 years of near silence in the conservatorship that controls her life and money, Britney Spears passionately told a judge Wednesday that she wants to end the ‘abusive’ case that has made her feel demoralized and enslaved. Speaking in open court for the first time in the case, Spears condemned her father and others who control the conservatorship, which she said has compelled her to use
The Flip Side
Aug 03 2020
Background
Revising the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac May Be the Biggest GSE Bailout Yet
The Trump Administration appears ready to end the nearly 11 years of conservatorship of America’s largest government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. However, under the current terms of the government conservatorship, these GSEs would have to raise $200 billion they owe to the Treasury and an additional $200 billion as a capital buffer. Special interest groups are
The Heritage Foundation
Oct 23 2019
News
BREAKING: Dallas Jury Grants Mother Sole Custody of Purported Transgender Child
“You’ve heard of people who can’t agree if the sky is blue. These parents can’t even agree if their child is a boy or a girl,” said Logan Odeneal, the lawyer for Jeff Younger, in his concluding remarks to the jury in a drawn-out custody battle.
For the past week, jurors have been sitting through a family court trial between Younger and Anne Georgulas, who argued over whether their seven
The Texan
Oct 23 2019
Headline Roundup
Father Trying to Prevent Child's Gender Transition Loses Custody
A jury in Texas denied a father's request for sole managing conservatorship of his 7-year-old twins after the father, Jeffrey Younger, requested sole custody on the grounds that his child's mother was helping one of the 7-year-olds transition from male to female against his will. The mother, Anne Georgulas, was made sole managing conservator of the twins, after arguing that the previously
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