Britney Spears is currently neither here nor there.
At a brief hearing Friday regarding Jamie Spears' conservatorship status, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz said the case was in "a holding pattern" until a federal judge determines whether there's cause to move the proceedings to U.S. District Court.
"There's nothing for the court to do today," Goetz, who earlier this week extended the temporary control over Britney's estate until Mar. 10, said after Spears' legal camp briefed her on the parallel proceedings. "We are in a holding pattern until the district court decides which jurisdiction should continue with the case."
When Jamie Spears' attorneys offered to hand over copies of all documents filed so far in federal court, Goetz said, "You keep them. I want to keep the line of demarcation clear so no one thinks I'm overstepping my bounds."
U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez is planning to review arguments from both sides on Monday.
First there's Jamie Spears and coconservator Andrew Wallet, who called the transfer request a "brazen—but vain—attempt to strip a probate court of jurisdiction." And then there's New York-based attorney Jon Eardley, who had his (and Sam Lutfi's) publicist file the petition and who may or may not be legitimately acting on Britney's behalf.
Papa Spears' side will continue to argue that, because Britney was previously found to be unfit to hire her own attorneys, Eardley's hiring is bogus and any motion he filed in connection with the conservatorship case is invalid.
Late Thursday, Gutierrez approved Jamie's request to extend until Mar. 17 a temporary restraining order against Britney's self-proclaimed protector, Sam Lutfi, who was finally served yesterday, a day before the order was set to expire, after successfully dodging process servers for three weeks. (View the documents.)
"Despite our very best efforts, and I mean our very best, Mr. Lutfi did not surface until after the deadline had passed," attorney Geraldine Wyle said in court, explaining why Lutfi wasn't served at least 48 hours before the order expired.
But although they managed to keep Lutfi away, regardless, Jamie's legal team from the firm of Luce Forward said they would prefer the case stay in L.A. Superior Court because "the federal process doesn't really suit a conservatorship."
At a brief hearing Friday regarding Jamie Spears' conservatorship status, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz said the case was in "a holding pattern" until a federal judge determines whether there's cause to move the proceedings to U.S. District Court.
"There's nothing for the court to do today," Goetz, who earlier this week extended the temporary control over Britney's estate until Mar. 10, said after Spears' legal camp briefed her on the parallel proceedings. "We are in a holding pattern until the district court decides which jurisdiction should continue with the case."
When Jamie Spears' attorneys offered to hand over copies of all documents filed so far in federal court, Goetz said, "You keep them. I want to keep the line of demarcation clear so no one thinks I'm overstepping my bounds."
U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez is planning to review arguments from both sides on Monday.
First there's Jamie Spears and coconservator Andrew Wallet, who called the transfer request a "brazen—but vain—attempt to strip a probate court of jurisdiction." And then there's New York-based attorney Jon Eardley, who had his (and Sam Lutfi's) publicist file the petition and who may or may not be legitimately acting on Britney's behalf.
Papa Spears' side will continue to argue that, because Britney was previously found to be unfit to hire her own attorneys, Eardley's hiring is bogus and any motion he filed in connection with the conservatorship case is invalid.
Late Thursday, Gutierrez approved Jamie's request to extend until Mar. 17 a temporary restraining order against Britney's self-proclaimed protector, Sam Lutfi, who was finally served yesterday, a day before the order was set to expire, after successfully dodging process servers for three weeks. (View the documents.)
"Despite our very best efforts, and I mean our very best, Mr. Lutfi did not surface until after the deadline had passed," attorney Geraldine Wyle said in court, explaining why Lutfi wasn't served at least 48 hours before the order expired.
But although they managed to keep Lutfi away, regardless, Jamie's legal team from the firm of Luce Forward said they would prefer the case stay in L.A. Superior Court because "the federal process doesn't really suit a conservatorship."
Source: www.eonline.com
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