To not fully understand the Britney Spears conservatorship

[Blamemilkman]

Sorry more posting for traffic than a true AIBU. I just don't understand what happened with Britney. Why has she been so controlled during her life? Why wasn't this stopped sooner? This doesn't feel like it would have happened in the UK but let me know if I am wrong. Anyway I hope she finds the resolution and freedom she deserves very soon. She had some mentP health issues like many but her story just seems so wrong in this day and age. Thanks for helping me to understand the story better.

Nobody actually knows.

Her medical records are sealed.

She clearly had mental health issues at one point, and she’s referred to doing rehab so presumably addiction of some kind at play as well.

But ultimately only the people directly involved know why the conservatorship was put in place and whether the medical experts think it’s still needed.

No idea but no doubt someone with a qualifications and experience of the US legal system as well as detailed knowledge of this case will be along soon to answer your questions OP.

only the people directly involved know why the conservatorship was put in place and whether the medical experts think it’s still needed

But there are widespread abuses of the system in America. I'm no expert, but I once watched a documentary on this and it included a very heartbreaking series of interviews with a woman who was a lawyer herself who took years (6 or 7 years) to get her own father extricated from a trigger happy judgement where her father had been declared mentally incompetent after the referal by a GP/dentist or some such (maybe it was his bank; basically they get finders' fees!).

Shocking situation, and i'm not saying it has been abused here, but i was a bit surprised at how blatent some of the abuse was - too easy to get these assigned based on "experts" who spot "vulnerable" clients (and maybe these experts have the best of intentions rather than a few bad apples being swayed by cash incentives)... not so easy to get out of once a court has determined you don't have the capcity to make your own decisions.

I can think of 'power of attorney' being used in the UK, as an example a friend holds this for her mother with dementia. The person has to grant someone else POA though and it is only used with limited capacity.

So, that is the similar thing I thought of over here. I guess the issue is capacity and how that is proven / or not.