Britney Spears' lawyer has officially asked a judge to permanently remove her father from his conservator role overseeing her personal affairs.

The singer's life has been controlled by a court-ordered conservatorship, overseen by Jamie Spears, since 2008. The pop star's life and career returned to the headlines following last month's release of the acclaimed New York Times documentary, Framing Britney Spears.

A temporary conservator, Jodi Montgomery, was appointed in 2019 after her father Jamie Spears stepped down due to health issues. In the latest hearing on Spears’ conservatorship on Wednesday, her lawyer, Samuel D Ingham III, told an LA judge that Spears wishes for Montgomery to manage her personal affairs.

Montgomery’s role regards Spears’ healthcare, medical history and insurance, and gives her power to “restrict and limit” visitors, to retain “caretakers and security guards” and to prosecute civil harassment restraining orders on her behalf.

Although he is not currently acting as his daughter's personal conservator, Jamie Spears remains a co-conservator of his daughter's estimated $60 million estate alongside private wealth management firm the Bessemer Trust.

Jamie Spears previously requested the financial company be removed as co-conservator, but a judge ruled in February that he must continue to share the financial conservatorship with the trust. In an earlier hearing, Ingham told the court that Spears feared her father refused to work while he remained in charge.

Jamie Spears’ lawyer, Vivian Thoreen, spoke out against the media's coverage of the hearings and the #FreeBritney movement suggesting the star is being held against her will last month.

“I understand that every story wants to have a villain, but people have it so wrong here,” said Thoreen.

“This is a story about a fiercely loyal, loving and dedicated father who rescued his daughter from a life-threatening situation. People were harming her and they were exploiting her. Jamie saved Britney’s life.”

Britney has not asked for the conservatorship's full termination, only her father’s removal from its management. The next hearing in the case is set to take place on April 27th.

Spears has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. The singer has not performed live since October 2018, later cancelling a much-anticipated Las Vegas residency in 2019.