Spears court order extended

A court order granting pop star Britney Spears’ father temporary conservatorship over the troubled singer was extended until Feb. 14, officials said.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz also named a physician who must report on Spears’ medical condition before the next hearing, said Allan Parachini, a court spokesman. The performer was also ordered to have no contact -- orally, by e-mail or text message -- with Sam Lutfi, her friend and manager who had become a constant presence in her life in recent months.

The decision to extend the order, which was granted Friday and set to expire Monday, continues to give James Spears, who was in court for the hearing, the ability to make decisions involving his 26-year-old daughter’s assets.

It also grants him the ability to control her property and medical care, restrict visitors to her home, change locks at the residence and hire security. In addition, he has the power to seek civil restraining orders on his daughter’s behalf, which he has done in the case of Lutfi, whom the singer’s family has apparently been trying serve with a restraining order since last week.

-- Andrew Blankstein