Jamie Spears removed from Britney Spears' conservatorship after 13 years

Details: After a hearing on Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny granted Spears' request to remove her father and appointed John Zabel, a public accountant nominated by the singer, to temporarily oversee her finances, per BuzzFeed News.

• Ending the arrangement "is in the best interest of the conservatee," said Penny, who called it "a toxic environment," according to Rolling Stone.

What's next: Penny is set to consider whether to pull the plug on the conservatorship. Spears' father petitioned the court to end the court-mandated arrangement in September.

• Though Spears' attorney Matthew Rosengart called the move a "massive" legal victory, "it appears that Mr. Spears believes he can try to avoid accountability and justice, including sitting for a sworn deposition and answering other discovery under oath," Rosengart said in a statement to CBS News.
• Rosengart is hoping the next hearing on the issue will result in access to private documents about the conservatorship that could paint a full picture of how Spears' father treated her, HuffPost reports.

Worth noting: Rosengart has also accused Spears' father of attempting to "extort" $2 million in exchange for stepping down from her conservatorship, according to Variety.

• Spears raised concerns about her father as early as 2014.

Editor's note: This article has been updated to include details of the next steps in Spears' case and further context.