Britney Spears’s father was granted temporary legal control over their daughter in an emergency court hearing Friday, a move that gives her dad new power over her hospital visitors. Commissioner Reva Goetz stated that she found Jamie’s petition for conservatorship to be in the singer’s “best interest.” The court also granted Jamie the authority to “prosecute any civil harassment restraining orders.” Court rep Allan Parachini confirmed that Britney’s close confidant, Sam Lutfi, “is the subject of a civil restraining order,” but gave no further details. The powers granted to Jamie Spears, which last until a Monday hearing, allow him to restrict and limit visitors to his daughter (who is set to remain hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center), as well as to employ security guards to protect her. Jamie Spears also gets access to Spears’s medical records and has control over her medical treatment, Commissioner Goetz said in court. (However, legal experts say psychiatric treatment is not included in these powers.) Goetz also allowed temporary control over Spears’s finances, in addition to securing her residence, changing its locks, and vacating any people living there. Jamie and Lynne Spears, who appeared solemn throughout the hearing, seemed relieved by the ruling. The former couple left the courtroom without commenting to reporters.

[Source: People Magazine]

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