Don't expect Britney Spears' conservatorship to end at her next court hearing - here's why

• Britney Spears' conservatorship, the legal arrangement overseeing her life, is starting to unravel.
• But people shouldn't expect the arrangement to come to an end during the next hearing Wednesday.
• Spears' current lawyer has made no formal court filing requesting an end to the conservatorship.

The next court hearing regarding Britney Spears' conservatorship (a legal arrangement which grants control of her personal life and financial estate to a group of "conservators") is scheduled for Wednesday. But people shouldn't expect a groundbreaking announcement about the conservatorship coming to an end.

Instead, this hearing is where the judge overseeing Spears' case will most likely make a decision about Spears' ability to select her own lawyer, something Spears' mother Lynne recently advocated for in a court petition.

The judge will also likely address the other petitions filed by current conservators Bessemer Trust, Jodi Montgomery, and her father Jamie Spears.

You can read a full breakdown of all those filings here.

As of now, there is no indication that the July 14 hearing will include a decision about the continuation of Spears' conservatorship. In order for that to happen, a formal petition would need to be filed with the court and then the judge would need to make a ruling on it.

Though Spears said during her June 23 testimony that she wishes for the conservatorship to end, that verbal statement is not the same as a formal court filing.

At the time of publication, Spears' court-appointed lawyer, Samuel Ingham, has not filed a petition to end the conservatorship. Last week, he requested permission to resign from the case. That's one of the requests the judge is expected to address on Wednesday.

It's unclear whether Spears herself will call into Wednesday's hearing, though some sources report she is planning to do so. Even if she does attend, she may or may not give a statement as she did in the June 23 hearing.

Spears' representatives didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.