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More than two years after a judge ended the conservatorship<\/a> that had given James P. Spears control of his pop star daughter\u2019s life, Britney Spears and her father have settled their outstanding legal dispute over the payment of his legal fees and his management of her finances.<\/p>\n The terms of the settlement were not disclosed in court filings made by both parties in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday. But the two sides had been at odds over the size of Mr. Spears\u2019s legal fees and questions about his oversight of her money as conservator.<\/p>\n Ms. Spears\u2019s 13-year-long conservatorship, which began in 2008 after a series of public breakdowns, was terminated in 2021. Her father, who served as one of her conservators for its duration, had been seeking court approval for more than $2 million in fees to multiple law firms he had hired in that capacity. He had also sought payment of his current lawyer\u2019s ongoing legal bill.<\/p>\n Ms. Spears\u2019s lawyer, Mathew S. Rosengart, had objected to the fees.<\/p>\n Mr. Rosengart argued that, in particular, his client should not have to pay her father\u2019s current legal bills, asserting<\/a> in court papers that Mr. Spears had paid himself $6 million, improperly surveilled<\/a> his daughter and engaged in financial misconduct during his tenure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr. Spears has denied any wrongdoing. He held control over both Ms. Spears\u2019s financial and personal affairs until September 2019, when he resigned as her personal conservator citing health issues, and was replaced by Jodi Montgomery, a professional in the field. A lawyer, Andrew M. Wallet, served as a co-conservator of her estate until he resigned in 2019.<\/p>\n Alex M. Weingarten, a lawyer for Mr. Spears, said he could not discuss the terms of the settlement because they are confidential but he agreed that the parties had resolved all outstanding issues. One of the filings stated that his client \u201cis fully and finally discharged as Former Conservator of the Estate.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cJamie is thrilled all this is over,\u201d Mr. Weingarten said. \u201cHe regrets the irresponsible and specious allegations made against him in public.\u201d<\/p>\n In a statement on Friday, Mr. Rosengart said it had been an honor to represent Ms. Spears, who he referred to as a \u201cbrilliant and brave artist of historic and epic proportion.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that, with the court filings, \u201cher wish for freedom is now truly complete.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAs she desired, her freedom now includes that she will no longer need to attend or be involved with court in this matter,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The legal activity left unclear whether Mr. Spears and Ms. Spears have made any progress toward reconciling their differences outside of court.<\/p>\n \u201cJamie loves his daughter very much,\u201d Mr. Weingarten said. \u201cHe would love nothing more than to reconcile and be a family again. He has only ever acted in Britney\u2019s best interests.\u201d<\/p>\n It was a very quiet ending to what has been an angry and extremely public dispute between father and daughter, with Ms. Spears telling the court<\/a> at one point that she wanted to see her father in jail. Mr. Spears has insisted in a legal filing<\/a> and other settings that he deserved praise for his job managing his daughter\u2019s mental health and substance issues.<\/p>\n A trial was set to start in May. The two sides had spent the last two and a half years in court fighting over depositions and discovery. Ms. Spears had paid more than $30 million<\/a> in fees to dozens of law firms over the course of the conservatorship. One issue remaining unresolved is Ms. Spears\u2019s former court-appointed lawyer Samuel D. Ingham III and an associated law firm\u2019s request for fees incurred before Ms. Spears was allowed<\/a> to choose her own lawyer in 2021.<\/p>\n Since leaving the conservatorship, Ms. Spears has been married and divorced, and published a successful memoir<\/a>, \u201cThe Woman in Me,\u201d that has sold more than 2 million copies and was a New York Times best seller.<\/p>\n Ms. Spears\u2019s Las Vegas residency ended in 2017, and in 2019 she canceled a planned follow-up, announcing<\/a> \u201can indefinite work hiatus.\u201d She appeared alongside Elton John<\/a> on a song in 2022, but has not seemed anxious to return to her pop career. \u201cPushing forward in my music career is not my focus at the moment,\u201d Spears writes in her book<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s time for me not to be someone who other people want; it\u2019s time to actually find myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n