Britney Spears' Free Will... It's just been revoked. (Trees And Things)

skeptic: children vs. parents

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:17:13 EST

Of course it is true that just as parents can become conservators for incompetent children (as in the case of Britney Spears), it is equally true that children can become the conservators for their incompetent parents. And lots of other family arrang

pO157: Re: Britney

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:04:31 EST

While it may be a disquieting thought that anyone of us (those of us who still have at least one living parent) might be subject to having control of our own lives taken away from us if a parent filed a successful legal motion to become our conservator

skeptic: Re: Britney

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:20:28 EST
That's an interesting point. It may be that neither Britney nor her father are well qualified to manage the Spears fortune. Even so, it seems that Britney is crazier than her father, and so there is still some advantage to giving her father con

postillion: Re: Britney

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:09:37 EST
Britney's father has had his share of problems with drugs and alcohol, including a stint in rehab a few years back that was financed by Britney (according to internet gossip).
But even if he hadn't gone to rehab, I doubt that Britney would be really saf

skeptic: Britney

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:44:02 EST
It is certainly true that when someone is given control of someone else's money, abuses often result. In this particular case, I think that Britney's father is about as trustworthy a person as could be found. It's not the same thing as appointi