Smiling Britney Spears Attends Court Hearing

An upbeat Britney Spears appeared in court Friday with her father for a closed-door hearing in her ongoing conservatorship case.

The singer, 28, wore a gray jacket and black skirt with her hair dark brown and long with a few blonde streaks. She entered the courtroom at 1:45 p.m. from the judge's hallway door following her father, Jamie.

Spears smiled as she stood at the attorney table next to her court-appointed lawyer Samuel Ingham. After Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz took the stand, Spears's conservator lawyers requested to seal the courtroom because the hearing involved personal medical information.

The judge granted the request and ordered reporters and other audience members to leave during the two-hour session.

It's been nearly two years since the pop star's father gained legal control over her affairs following her mental breakdown, and experts say it's normal procedure for the judge to want to check in with her.

Experts add that Spears won't regain control of her own life until she proves to the court – backed by doctors' opinions – that she's able to manage her own affairs.

Source: People.Com