Britney is seen on Tuesday leaving Ventura County Sheriffs Office, the day before her hearing
Britney Spears has formally requested the end of her 13-year conservatorship, telling a court in Los Angeles: 'It's my wish and dream for all of this to end.'
Spears appeared via audiolink and spoke for the first time on her own behalf.
'I want changes. I want changes going forward, and I deserve changes,' she said, at the end of a moving speech to the court.
'It's my wish and dream for all of this to end.'
Earlier, Spears was almost denied access to her own virtual court hearing on Wednesday, after a court clerk failed to recognize her voice on the phone line.
When she rang in, the court clerk was hesitant to admit her to the proceedings.
Asked to identify herself, the singer replied: 'Oh, me? Britney Spears.'
Spears, 39, has been trying for a year to fire her father as her conservator, calling him 'obsessed' with her and describing his influence over her business affairs as 'oppressive.'
But Judge Penny refused to sack 68 year-old Jamie and instead appointed a financial services company, Bessemer Trust, to share conservatorship duties with him.
Supporters of Britney Spears gathered outside the Stanley Mosk courthouse in Los Angeles on Wednesday as the 39-year-old singer spoke at a hearing about her conservatorship
Fans of the singer have called with increasing urgency for Britney to be released from her conservatorship, with the hashtag 'Free Britney'. The movement has been around since 2009, but has gathered momentum in recent years with celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Rose McGowan calling for the singer's financial autonomy to be restored
Her court-appointed lawyer, Sam Ingham, has asked the court to make her longtime caregiver Jodi Montgomery's role as temporary conservator of Spears' personal - not financial - affairs made permanent.
Britney was not in court in person on Wednesday due to restrictions from COVID-19.
But she, Jamie, her mother Lynne Spears, 66 - who is divorced from Jamie - and a small army of attorneys representing all three Spears and the conservatorship, were live on audio or video connection with the judge during the hearing.
Her father's lawyer, Vivian Thoreen, has argued that Jamie is only interested in helping his internationally famous daughter.
'For over 12 years, Mr Spears has more than capably and dutifully served as the conservator of his daughter's estate, always doing what he believed was in his daughter's best interest,' said Thoreen in court documents.
'Mr Spears has performed his job well. This is a fact. He has taken the estate from being in debt and facing tens of millions of dollars of lawsuits, to a current value of well over $60 million.
'Mr Spears did this all while also serving as conservator of the person (Britney)….and working diligently with a team of professionals to restore (Britney) to good health and revive her career as best as possible under the
