Britney Spears, in accordance to her attorney, fears her father and has no intention of executing once again should really he keep on being in demand of her occupation. Continue to, a choose has declined to suspend the singer’s father—James Spears—from his role in the courtroom conservatorship that has remained in location for 12 several years.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny declined to suspend James on Tuesday but mentioned that she would “think about future petitions” for either his suspension or his removal. In accordance to Britney’s attorney Samuel D. Ingham III, there are already options for this kind of petitions to be submitted.

“My shopper has knowledgeable me that she is scared of her father,” Ingham advised Penny in court docket on Tuesday. “She will not conduct yet again if her father is in cost of her profession.” In accordance to Ingham, Britney hasn’t spoken with her father in very some time now. Her father, in the meantime, is alleged to be making key profession decisions when failing to maintain Britney in the loop. A recent illustration, per Ingham, is the resignation (and eventual substitute) of her small business manager.

Also on Tuesday, Choose Penny accredited the Bessemer  Trust—a corporate fiduciary—to provide as co-conservator above the estate. In accordance to Britney, even so, her father is hesitant to perform with the Bessemer group and instead needs to secure total management. James Spears has denied these characterizations.