In a shocking turn of events, Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, filed a petition with the court on Tuesday in support of ending his daughter’s 13-year conservatorship, NBC News and CNN reported. 

Jamie Spears was instrumental in developing the hotly debated legal arrangement that handed him and other conservators full control over his pop star daughter’s personal and professional decisions in 2008. 

In the filing NBC News and CNN obtained, Jamie Spears said he supports his daughter’s wishes to end the conservatorship.

“As Mr. Spears has said again and again, all he wants is what is best for his daughter,” the petition with Los Angeles Superior Court reads. “If Ms. Spears wants to terminate the conservatorship and believes that she can handle her own life, Mr. Spears believes that she should get that chance.”