A new documentation Britney Spears‘controversial conservatory raises a potentially heartbreaking question: did the legal decision affect your right to be with your two children?

“Framing Britney” explores how Spears, 39, became one Pop culture object at the expense of her personality and how she has been questioned throughout her career in ways that male pop stars rarely, if ever, have. The film describes how delighted the public was with their 2007 mental health crisis, which resulted in a temporary loss of custody of their children that same year. It also led to them taking the conservatory Until then, her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, had sole custody of her two sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston.

The original reason Spears lost custody of their children was never revealed to the public, despite the the fact that Buckingham, LaGrandeur & Williams, a Washington law firm, theorized in one theory 2020 blog that she lost sole custody due to the media circus surrounding her 2007 crisis. At the time, she was routinely inundated by paparazzi, and it became known that she shaved her head – which was reported in tabloids as a symptom of her instability at the time – and was once seen driving a paparazzi with one in early 2007 Umbrella attack.

For a while, the split couple shared custody as their legal battle dragged on. By 2019, Spears was granted 30 percent custody of their boys, but it was reported that she was fighting for a 50/50 split again. Fox News reported in 2019.

Buckingham, LaGrandeur & Williams theorized that the Conservatory – where a so-called protector is appointed by a judge to administer another’s financial affairs and personality due to obvious physical or mental disabilities – would have compromised their custody rights over their children can. In addition, they claimed that the public perception led her primarily to the conservatory.

“There is an important difference between being under a conservatory and not making a favorable custody decision,” they wrote. “Simply put, she has been granted reduced attendance rights, not because she is under Conservatory, but because she has publicized a lot of personal issues that she put under Conservatory in the first place.”

Mark Vincent Kaplan, the Los Angeles divorce attorney who represents Federline, said Oxygen.com “The existing conservatory was one of the conditions of custody early on, and so far a layer of structure has been added that has not been changed in a while, which is consistent in the children’s best interests. ”

However, Kaplan said that, as far as he can see, nothing at the Conservatory “caused a problem with the custody arrangements.”

Kaplan went on to do that since 2019 70/30 custody decision, Spears and Federline have reached a “de facto” agreement that has resulted in his client having far more custody of the children.

“Right now, Kevin is more like 90/10,” he said. “It seems to be working great for the kids and both sides are fine with it.”

Both the agent and lawyer representing Spears did not return immediately Oxygen.com‘s Please comment. Other attempts to reach the Spears camp have not been successful.

Kaplan stated that Federline said he believed Jodi Montgomery, who ran Spears’ finances, was doing a “good job.” Jamie Spears temporarily relinquished his powers of the Conservatory to Montgomery in 2019, citing health issues.

Britney Spears was apparently also receptive to Montgomery’s leadership. She is fighting to have Montgomery and a financial institution held responsible for their finances, and not her father, explained her lawyer Samuel D. Ingham III. US Weekly reports. Meanwhile, Federline filed an emergency protection order against Jamie Spears in 2019, claiming that he was was physically abusive to one of the boys.

Kaplan told Oxygen.com that the sons of the former couple, who are now 14 and 15 years old, are “doing well”. He said that as they age, their desires will have a greater impact on custody issues.

“[The courts] Don’t let the children decide, but at least they’ll hear from them, ”he said Oxygen.com.

Meanwhile, Spears’ current boyfriend, Sam Asghari, with whom she has been dating since 2016, told people in response to the new documentary: “I always wanted the best for my significant other and will continue to support her in following her dreams and creating the future she wants and deserves. I am grateful for all the love and support that she has received from her fans all over the world and I look forward to a normal, amazing future together. “

Then, just hours later, the 27-year-old shared the following message on his Instagram story: “Now it’s important that people understand that I have no respect for someone who is trying to control our relationship and us constantly throwing obstacles in the way. “

Even if Spears wanted to marry Asghari, the conservatory would prevent her Forbes reported in 2019. Your makeup artist theorized too US Magazine In 2019, the couple would likely have been married without the conservatory and would have their own child by that time.

“I think Jamie is a total cock,” continued Iranian-born Asghari. “I won’t go into details because I’ve always respected our privacy, but at the same time I didn’t come to this country to not be able to express my opinion and freedom.”

“Framing Britney”, a documentary by the New York Timesis available on FX and Hulu.

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