Spears’ father takes charge

? A court commissioner on Monday extended the temporary conservatorship of Britney Spears to her father and an attorney until Feb. 14 and appointed a physician to evaluate her competence to make decisions.

The hearing came three days after her father, James Spears, and her attorney, Andrew Wallet, were granted temporary conservatorship after Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz ruled that Spears needed someone to take over her personal and financial affairs.

Goetz’s decision might not sit well with Spears, who remains in a hospital psychiatric ward undergoing a medical evaluation. Adam Streisand, who sought to enter the case as Spears’ lawyer, said in court that the pop star told him her dad shouldn’t be named the conservator of her and her estate.

“She has expressed to me very strongly that her father not be the conservator,” Streisand said. “There has been an estrangement for quite some time. With him as conservator, that is causing her more agitation and more distress.”

Despite Streisand’s pleas, Goetz denied his request to represent Spears.

In addition, Goetz ordered Spears to have no contact with her friend and sometime manager Sam Lutfi, specifying that she can’t reach him by phone, text message or by any other means. Goetz also extended a restraining order against Lutfi.

A court-appointed attorney also weighed in on the Spears case. Samuel Ingham said he interviewed Spears on Sunday at UCLA Medical Center, determining that she didn’t understand the court proceedings, and that “she lacks the capacity to retain counsel.”

Streisand argued that Spears hadn’t been given any notice of Ingham’s plan to interview her, saying Ingham appeared at the hospital unannounced.