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| May 2 2024 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
An ambulance was called for Spears while she was staying at Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles after injuring her ankle. She left the hotel and was not treated by paramedics.
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| September 2023 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Police conducted a wellness check after Spears was seen dancing with what were later reported to be fake knives on social media.
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| August 20 2023 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Last of four wellness checks conducted by Ventura County Sheriff's Department on Spears' home between January 1, 2019 and this date.
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| January 2023 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Fans called police for a wellness check to ensure Spears was alright.
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| January 2023 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Jason Trawick, Spears's former fiancé and co-conservator, discussed the conservatorship on Kevin Connolly's podcast, asserting that Britney needed guidance and the conservatorship was beneficial during his involvement.
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| December 2022 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Jamie Spears gave an interview to The Mail on Sunday, defending the conservatorship and claiming it was necessary to protect Britney and ensure her children maintained relationships with both parents.
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| September 2022 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Kevin Federline gave an interview to 60 Minutes stating he believed the conservatorship saved Britney Spears's life, with their son Jayden Federline supporting Jamie Spears's intentions.
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| January 20 2022 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Advocacy groups support legislation by Assemblyman Brian Maienschein to require judges to consider less restrictive alternatives before imposing conservatorship.
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| October 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Spears received additional support from celebrities Olivia Rodrigo and Adele
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| September 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Hashtag campaigns spread to Chinese social media platforms Weibo and WeChat, with the #FreeBritney hashtag reaching 130 million views on Weibo.
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| September 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Rosie O'Donnell voiced support for Spears in a CNN special report on the conservatorship
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| September 30 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs the #FreeBritney Bill into law, implementing procedures to check financial conflicts of interest and penalize abusive conservators.
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| September 28 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Senators Blumenthal and Cruz hold a bipartisan Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on conservatorships, titled 'Toxic Conservatorships: The Need for Reform'.
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| September 24 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
The New York Times released a follow-up documentary 'Controlling Britney Spears' as part of their FX and Hulu series The New York Times Presents, further exploring her conservatorship.
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| August 5 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Rosengart filed an ex parte petition asking the court to expedite the hearing and immediately suspend Jamie Spears, highlighting additional allegations of racketeering, including diverting $300,000 from Britney Spears's estate to her former business manager Lou Taylor.
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| July 26 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Mathew Rosengart filed a petition seeking to remove Jamie Spears as conservator of Britney Spears's estate, alleging mismanagement including money laundering and unauthorized contract signing. The petition included supporting declarations from Jodi Montgomery and Lynne Spears.
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| July 20 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Representatives Charlie Crist and Nancy Mace introduce the Freedom and Right to Emancipate from Exploitation Act (FREE Act), proposing rights and oversight for conservatees.
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| July 14 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Judge Brenda Penny granted Spears the right to choose her own attorney, Mathew Rosengart of Greenberg Traurig.
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| July 12 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Britney Spears was reportedly in talks with attorney Mathew S. Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor, about his potential appointment as her new legal counsel.
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| July 6 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Larry Rudolph, Britney Spears's manager of 25 years, formally resigned from his position, citing Spears's alleged intention to retire. On the same day, her court-appointed lawyer Samuel D. Ingham III and law firm Loeb & Loeb LLP also resigned from the conservatorship case.
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| July 3 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino publish an investigative article in The New Yorker revealing additional details about the conservatorship, including allegations of verbal abuse by Jamie Spears.
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| July 2 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Rapper Iggy Azalea publicly supports Spears, sharing her personal observations of the conservatorship's restrictive nature and alleging Jamie Spears forced her to sign an NDA.
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| July 1 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Republican Representatives Gaetz, Greene, Owens, and Biggs invite Spears to testify in Congress about her conservatorship case.
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| June 30 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Jamie Spears calls for an investigation into the conservatorship, accusing Jodi Montgomery of overseeing abuses. Judge Penny denies the motion to remove Jamie Spears as conservator of the estate.
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| June 25 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Kevin Federline, Spears's ex-husband, publicly supports her wish to end the conservatorship while noting ongoing financial considerations.
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| June 23 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Delivers a public testimony about her conservatorship, leading to Bessemer Trust withdrawing from co-conservatorship.
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| June 17 2021 |
Same-sex parenting
Supreme Court rules in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia that the city's dismissal of Catholic Social Services' contract violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
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| April 27 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Sam Ingham informs the court that Britney Spears wants to speak directly to Judge Penny, and a hearing date is set for June 23.
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| April 1 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Jamie Spears asked Britney to pay $2 million in legal fees due to increased litigation surrounding the conservatorship.
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| March 8 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Representatives Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan request a House Judiciary Committee hearing on conservatorship abuse, specifically highlighting Britney Spears's case.
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| February 19 2021 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
California State Senator Ben Allen introduces Senate Bill 724, aiming to give conservatees the right to choose their own counsel.
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| 2020 |
Same-sex parenting
Mazrekaj, De Witte, and Cabus published a groundbreaking study in the American Sociological Review using comprehensive administrative data from the Netherlands, finding that children raised by same-sex parents from birth performed better educationally than children raised by different-sex parents.
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| 2020 | The Ohio NPO chapter repeated the Ohio Parenting Time Report, showing significant improvement in local parenting time rules. Six counties received grades in the A range, and no counties received an F grade. |
| November 4 2020 |
Same-sex parenting
The Supreme Court case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia begins, challenging Philadelphia's non-discrimination policy for adoption agencies.
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| September 2020 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Jamie Spears filed a motion to seal certain conservatorship case filings from public view.
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| April 2020 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
The #FreeBritney movement gained significant momentum as fans began questioning the legitimacy and terms of Britney Spears' conservatorship, highlighting concerns about her personal autonomy and legal rights.
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| March 4 2020 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Jayden Federline conducted a live Instagram interaction with fans, criticizing his grandfather Jamie and commenting on his mother's hiatus and relationship with Sam Asghari, before quickly making his account private.
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| 2019 |
Same-sex parenting
The LGBT Family Building Survey by Family Equality found that 63% of LGBTQ Millennials (aged 18-35) were considering expanding their families, either becoming parents for the first time or having more children.
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| 2019 | NPO published another Shared Parenting Report Card, demonstrating progress in shared parenting legislation. Arizona and Kentucky received grades in the A range, and all legislative initiatives between 2014 and 2019 were favorable to shared parenting. |
| 2019 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Britney Spears entered a mental health facility voluntarily following her father Jamie Spears taking over her conservatorship and her mother Lynne filing for an emergency hearing.
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| December 17 2019 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Jamie Spears won an injunction against Elia.
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| August 2019 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Reported that Britney Spears's conservatorship proceedings cost over $1 million in this year. Lou Taylor resigned as business manager after receiving death threats from #FreeBritney activists.
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| August 28 2019 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline modified their custody agreement, reducing Spears's custodial rights from 50 to 30 percent (effectively 10 percent under supervision) in response to the family incident.
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| January 1 2019 |
Prenatal rights
The Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 took effect in Ireland, replacing the previous Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013.
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| January 1 2019 |
Britney Spears conservatorship case
First of four wellness checks conducted by authorities at Britney Spears's home, initiated between this date and August 20, 2023.
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| 2018 | The Virginia chapter co-chair wrote an Op-Ed comparing child-parent separations in family courts to children separated at the border, raising awareness about parental separation issues. |
| 2018 | The Ohio NPO chapter evaluated county court guidelines for determining parenting time, grading each county from A to F. Most counties received a D, with Ashtabula and Tuscarawas counties receiving an A, and Van Wert county receiving an F. The report generated media attention and sparked discussions among judges and court officials. |
| 2018 | In Kentucky, the National Parents Organization, led by Matt Hale, was instrumental in passing HB528, which established the nation's first legal presumption that shared parenting is in the best interest of the child. |
| 2018 |
Donor conceived person
DNA testing technologies led to a significant increase in donor-conceived individuals successfully finding their biological siblings and sperm donors, fundamentally changing the landscape of donor anonymity.
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| September 18 2018 |
Prenatal rights
The constitutional amendment from the May referendum was signed into law by the President of Ireland.
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