Judge Denies Request to Remove Britney Spears' Father as Co-Conservator

A judge on Wednesday denied a request to remove Britney Spears’ father as the conservator of her estate.

Spears' request to suspend James P. Spears immediately upon the appointment of a financial institution as sole conservator of estate "is denied without prejudice," the Los Angeles Superior Court ruled.

Spears, 39, has been under a legal conservatorship involving her father for over a decade.

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