It may have taken 13 years to get to the point, but recent months have seen the case of Britney Spears' conservatorship move faster than ever.
Following some explosive court statements detailing just how restrictive and demoralizing this arrangement has been for Spears, she was empowered to hire her own lawyer and both she and her father Jamie Spears have filed to end it.
In that time, Spears' father had also indicated a willingness to step down as overseer of her finances. However, any statements to that effect hadn't indicated any specific timeline for doing so, merely saying that it would occur "when the time is right."
Yet a recent development in the case has made it clear that this time has come whether he likes it or not.