A smiling Britney Spears attended court Friday to auction a used dress. It has been speculated that she showed up in court to learn whether she has been freed from her father’s conservatorship rule, but the pop princess and dad Jaime actually asked permission from a judge to auction a dress for the Haiti relief fund.

Spears wore the said dress at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, where she won three awards. Her camp asked the court permission to auction the item to benefit the Haiti relief.

It was not clear which one of the two silver outfits from the show would be auctioned, or when or how it would be sold.

Commissioner Reva Goetz approved the request.