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Pop star Britney Spears is once again making it to the headlines, but this time it's because of her long-running conservatorship. It was after the 34-year-old pop star started exhibiting bizarre behavior in 2007 which included shaving her head and attacking a photographer's car with an umbrella that the court placed her under conservatorship which is designed for people who cannot take care of themselves. The court ordered Britney's father Jamie Spears, and a lawyer, Andrew M. Wallet, to control her finances, physical well-being and her estate.

According to documents obtained by The New York Times in Spears' recent court case against Sam Lufti, the pop star's father receives $130,000 a year to manage the pop star's affairs in addition to rent for an office. He also requested 1.5 per cent in revenue from Brit's Las Vegas residency show.

Jamie's duties as Spears' conservator include "overseeing and coordinating Britney's [redacted], business, costuming, personal, household stuff, and legal matters (touching upon entertainment, music, other business opportunities, family law issues, the litigation, trial and/or resolution of other disputes, and ongoing litigation and conservatorship matters)."

Jamie also maintains the custody arrangement for the pop star's sons Sean Preston, 10, and Jayden James, 9. In fact, all of Britney's purchase records, from a drink at Starbucks to a song on iTunes, is tracked and submitted in the court.

When the New York Times asked Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend David Lucado about the conservatorship, he said he feels the pop star no longer requires to be under any guardianship.

"If anyone knew the real Britney, they would know that she would rather be remembered for being the great mother she is rather than the artist she is," said Lucado, reported Entertainment Online. "And if anyone could see her interactions with her kids, they would know that there is no need for a conservatorship over Britney's personal life."

However, there is no sign the strict conservatorship will end anytime soon. Spears will continue to be under conservatorship unless she battles the restrictions herself.

"As long as she is bringing in so much money and as long as the lawyers and conservators are getting paid, there is little incentive to end it," Elaine Renoire, president of the National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse (an advocacy group) said in an interview with the NY Times. "Usually, the conservatorship just keeps going unless the conservatee makes a fuss or the family does."

Spears was listed as one of the world's 100 highest-paid celebrities of 2015 by Forbes, with an estimated $31 million earnings in last year.