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Jamie Lynn Spears Seeks More Control Over Britney Spears' Fortune

Jamie Lynn Spears Seeks More Control Over Britney Spears' Fortune

Jamie Lynn Spears is making a new move in court.

The 29-year-old sister of Britney Spears, who was recently revealed to have been named the trustee of her estate two years ago, filed a new request in court last week, via the LA Times on Tuesday (August 25).

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Britney‘s sister is “now seeking more control over the performer’s fortune amid an increasingly heated struggle over a complicated conservatorship,” the outlet reports.

In the filing, Jamie Lynn “asked that all the assets of the SJB Revocable Trust be moved into one or more accounts with Fidelity Brokerage Services with her as the custodian. If approved, the move would put Britney Spears’ financial assets into those accounts and require a judge’s approval to remove them.”

The trust was created in 2004 to protect her children’s future, and was amended in 2018 to say that upon her death, the trustee — Jamie Lynn Spears — would administer the family’s assets for her children.

“The filing doesn’t explain what role it could play in the ongoing battle over the singer’s protracted conservatorship case — known in other states as a legal guardianship,” the LA Times added.

The conservatorship was recently extended to 2021, with a big new request from Britney still pending…

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