Britney Spears will now be able to sign her own estate documents for the first time in 13 years, judge rules in new hearing

• Insider attended the latest hearing in Britney Spears' conservatorship case.
• Though the conservatorship has been terminated, there are still procedural loose ends to tie.

During a new hearing in the ongoing Britney Spears conservatorship case, a Los Angeles judge granted an interim motion to allow the pop star to sign her own estate paperwork. This marks the first time in 13 years that Spears will have this power with her own finances.

Last month, Judge Brenda Penny granted Spears' request that her conservatorship be terminated. Now both Spears' lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, and a group of other lawyers representing her parents and temporary conservators are participating in ongoing hearings that should tie up all the loose ends of the legal arrangement.

Insider was present for Wednesday's hearing, during which proposed orders of how to proceed with the termination of the conservatorship were reviewed. The orders — which have been the subject of recent disagreement between Jamie Spears and the temporary conservators — caused tension in today's hearing as Rosengart and Alex Weingarten (Jamie's lawyer) traded a few barbs.

One of the final hurdles for the court to fully dissolve the conservatorship is the petition for substituted judgment that Penny must approve, a document she agreed to place under seal with no objections ahead of a January hearing where the petition will be discussed.

Jamie Spears' attorney asked for an unredacted version of the petition, which Rosengart and Justin Gold, John Zabel's attorney, disagreed with.

"Nobody besides John Zabel, Britney Spears, and the court should be able to see the estate plan" Gold told the court.

Penny also asked the parties to confer ahead of the January 19 hearing to iron out any disagreements in their proposed orders, and submit a joint order ahead of the hearing, at which time the petition and financial fees will be reviewed.

After Britney Spears was granted her new estate planning powers, Weingarten raised the issue of whether or not Spears' estate will pay for various legal fees being requested by her parents and temporary conservators.

"As long as Ms. Spears agrees with that, we're OK with that," Zabel's attorney Justin Gold said. Her mother Lynne Spears, among others, has submitted a fee petition that will be discussed at the January hearing.

An attorney for business management group Tri Star also spoke up at the end of the hearing, and made a point that although the entity did not object to sealing Rosengart and Gold's petition, it may move to unseal estate planning documents in the future.

"They do not have a right to see estate planning documents," Gold told the court.

Outside the courthouse, Rosengart told reporters that in granting estate planning powers, Judge Penny acknowledged that Britney Spears "has the capacity to do whatever she wants" as a "free, independent woman."

Insider reached out to attorneys representing Britney Spears, John Zabel, Jodi Montgomery, Lynne Spears, Jamie Spears and Tri Star for additional comment.