When Britney Spears suffered a mental breakdown, the public and media were quick to pounce and declare her to be the latest celebrity to have it all and be destroyed by it. The appointment of her father as conservator was seen as a desperate move to save at least part of Spears’ wealth and fame. But something unexpected occurred, the conservatorship proved to overwhelmingly successful; the troubled singer managed to regain control of her mental health while her assets remained protected. Nearly eight years on, all reports point to her father remaining conservator since being freed of money management has allowed Spears’ to take an active role in her children’s life and resume her lucrative music career. This is an excellent example of how a conservator arrangement for a young, troubled, and wealthy person can go good and, hopefully, show the path to others on how to save similar estates from disaster.
See Sam Naimi, Britney Spears’ Conservatorship Maintained for Lifetime, Wealth Management, August 4, 2015.
