Britney Spears’ father on Tuesday filed a petition to end the court conservatorship that has overseen the finances and controlled much of the pop singer’s life since 2008. Jamie Spears, who agreed last month to eventually step down from his longtime role as conservator of his daughter’s estate, asked the Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday to “now seriously consider whether this conservatorship is no longer required.” On Aug. 12, Jamie Spears didn’t say that he would immediately step aside from the role, but said that he would do so once there could be “an orderly transition to a new conservator.” He has repeatedly said there is no justification for his removal, and he has acted only in his daughter’s best interest. “As Mr. Spears has said again and again, all he wants is what is best for his daughter,” his lawyer, Vivian Lee Thoreen, wrote in this week’s filing. …