Britney Spears won't have to sit for deposition by father's lawyers, judge rules

A judge ruled Wednesday that Britney Spears doesn't have to sit for a deposition by her father's lawyers in the post-conservatorship era. But a lawyer for the elder Spears said he'd ask for an appellate review of that and two other decisions by the judge.

Britney Spears is challenging an accounting and a fees request and her father's lawyers want to explore her thoughts on the topics and ask her for any relevant documents.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny affirmed a tentative ruling she issued July 13 when she found that the entertainer's deposition testimony wasn't relevant to the information sought by Jamie Spears' counsel.