Britney Spears needs her father's permission to return to her hometown. The troubled singer, who went to Kentwood, Louisiana, recently for her younger sister Jamie Lynn's baby shower, had to ask her dad Jamie if she was allowed to make the trip.
A friend of the star said: "He has to give her permission to travel, and the money to do it. It's not that he doesn't want her there for her little sister. It's just that he thinks it's best to keep Britney close to home right now."