Judge Rules Britney Spears Is ‘Independent Woman’ Who Can Sign Her Own Estate Paperwork, Manage Finances

(L) Jamie Spears, father of singer Britney Spears, leaves the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 2012. (R) Britney Spears arrives at the premiere of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," in Los Angeles on July 22, 2019. AP Photo

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Dec. 8. ruled that Britney Spears can now sign her own estate paperwork and manage her finances for the first time in nearly 14 years.

The ruling by Judge Brenda J. Penny hands Spears back the rights to handle her own cash and property and means that the singer “has the capacity to do whatever she wants,” her attorney, Mathew Rosengart, said.