A California judge on Friday dissolved Britney Spears conservatorship, bringing an end to the legal arrangement that put strict limits on her personal and financial freedoms for more than 13 years.

Spears was placed under a conservatorship in 2008 after a series of mental health episodes were captured by tabloid paparazzi who had hounded the singer, then a young mother of two.

The arrangement consisted of two parts one related to her finances and one related to her person that impeded her ability to make medical decisions and decide how to live her life independently.

After news came down of the judges decision on Friday, Spears tweeted a video of her fans celebrating outside the courthouse, calling it the best day ever.

Good God I love my fans so much its crazy!!! the singer wrote. I think Im gonna cry the rest of the day!!!! She added the hashtag #FreedBritney .

Until this year, Spears had rarely acknowledged that she was locked in an arrangement usually reserved for people with severe health problems and the incapacitated elderly.

For most of the conservatorships duration, her father, James Jamie Spears, was assigned as her conservator meaning he had the final say over her schedule, how often she could see her children, what vacations she took and even allegedly what she could have to eat or drink . According to one report , Jamie Spears control over his daughters life extended even to the color of her kitchen cabinets.

In court papers filed last week, Jamie Spears said he supported ending the conservatorship but defended its creation, saying it had been necessary to protect Britney in every sense of the word at a time when her life was in shambles.

The singers attorneys filed a 110-page document asking the court to depose her father in late October to unearth the full extent of how he exerted control over his celebrity daughter. A recent New York Times documentary alleged that the private security firm Jamie Spears hired to monitor his daughters movements and communications went so far as to set up audio recording in her bedroom a charge her father denies. His attorneys have consistently denied any wrongdoing over the course of the conservatorship.

This weeks pivotal decision by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny came less than five months after Britney Spears condemned the conservatorship in shocking terms during a hearing she had requested in order to address the judge directly .

While concerned fans had been critical of Spears conservatorship for several years, often using the hashtag #FreeBritney, the late June hearing was the first time Spears herself had spoken openly about the situation and confirmed their fears. She called the arrangement abusive and slammed her family and attorneys for their parts in it.