Twitter Reacts To Britney Spears' Dad Agreeing To Step Down As Conservator: 'She's Not Yet Free'

Britney Spears scored a victory in her conservatorship battle against her dad Jamie Spears after the latter agreed to step down as her conservator. However, her fans believe that her battle to regain control of her life is far from over.

The 69-year-old, who has been in charge of his daughter’s estate for more than 13 years, filed documents, obtained by TMZ and Variety, Thursday saying he would be "willing to step down when the time is right." However, Jamie argued that there is no justification for him to immediately be replaced or to resign from the position.

The filing was a response to a petition filed by Britney's lawyers, who requested a Los Angeles judge to remove him from his role. The request was denied. Now, her father's legal team said in the filing that he wants to help ensure a smooth transition for "a new conservator."

Fans and friends of the pop superstar immediately took to Twitter to express their support for Britney and rejoice over the new development in her conservatorship battle.

"I’m so happy to hear this news. It’s been so long overdue but I’m so glad that Britney is on her way to finally being free. Sending so much love! #FreeBritney," Paris Hilton wrote.

"LEAVE. BRITNEY. ALONE," Alanah Pearce tweeted.

One fan wrote, "Give Britney the beating hearts of all those who have wronged her."

"@britneyspears Finally! You deserve to be Free & Happy!! Justice will be served!" another Twitter user wrote, while another said, "Britney deserves to live her life, not be mistreated for the rest of her life by heartless monsters that make up her family."

However, others pointed out that Jamie has yet to actually step down from his role and that Britney would not yet be free of her conservatorship even if he does relinquish his control over her $60 million estate.

"Let's be clear - Britney is NOT yet free. Her father is simply saying he will allow a transition to a new conservator - 'when the time is right.' There's a lot more fight ahead," Barbara Gray wrote.

"It's a trap. They'll just try and transfer it to someone else unsavory, like Lou Taylor. She needs a court to free her from it," a second user commented.

"Britney’s father removing himself as conservator does not mean that she is free," Ashe Gray wrote. "Even without her father’s control, she is still under a conservatorship. She is still subject to a third party’s whims. She has applied to have the conservatorship ended. This does not do that."

Jamie's legal team also confirmed to NBC News that he wasn't stepping aside at this time as there are still several matters pending in the conservatorship that must be settled.

"When these matters are resolved, Mr. Spears will be in a position to step aside," his filing said. "But there are no urgent circumstances justifying Mr. Spears' immediate suspension."

This came a month after Britney's lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, filed a petition to remove Jamie from her conservatorship and be replaced by Jason Rubin, a certified public accountant at Certified Strategies, according to court documents obtained by People.

Addressing Jamie's new filing, Rosengart said in a statement to Us Weekly, "We are pleased that Mr. Spears and his lawyer have today conceded in a filing that he must be removed. We are disappointed, however, by their ongoing shameful and reprehensible attacks on Ms. Spears and others."

The lawyer also stated that "rather than making false accusations and taking cheap shots at his own daughter, Mr. Spears should remain silent and step aside immediately."

Britney had been under the conservatorship of her dad since 2008. In June, New York Times reported that the singer expressed "serious opposition" to the conservatorship's terms as early as 2016, saying in confidential court records that it had "too much control" over her life. A court investigator reportedly said at the time that the singer requested that the conservatorship be terminated as soon as possible.

"Any time Britney wants to end her conservatorship, she can ask her lawyer to file a petition to terminate it; she has always had this right but in 13 years has never exercised," a lawyer for Jamie said in a statement to People earlier this year. "Britney knows that her Daddy loves her, and that he will be there for her whenever and if she needs him, just as he always has been — conservatorship or not."