Amanda Bynes’ Conservatorship Terminated After Nearly 9 Years

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A new chapter. Amanda Bynes is officially free from her conservatorship.A judge put an end to the 35-year-old actress’ nine-year adult guardianship on Tuesday, March 22, TMZ reports.The decision comes after the star’s mother, Lynn Bynes, submitted a declaration of support for Amanda’s request to terminate her conservatorship earlier this month, according to documents exclusively obtained by Us Weekly on Monday, March 21.The former child star was first placed under a temporary conservatorship in August 2013 amid a series of mental health and substance abuse issues.

The decision came shortly after Bynes was hospitalized and placed on a psychiatric hold for setting a fire in a neighbor’s driveway.In August 2014, Lynn was named the conservator of her daughter’s health care and personal matters.

Four years later, a judge ruled to extend the conservatorship through August 2020.The Easy A actress petitioned to end her conservatorship on February 23 and filed a mental capacity declaration stating that she is mentally fit to look after herself.

In court documents obtained by Us Weekly at the time, Amanda’s psychiatrist noted that the former Nickelodeon star has “no apparent impairment in alertness and attention, information and processing or ability to modulate mood and affect and suffers no thought disorders.”The petition also detailed the All That alum’s 2020 move to a structured facility for women before she transitioned to an “an independent living environment” where she has consistently tested negative for “illicit substances in her system.”In her filing, the What a Girl Wants star stated that she “desires to live free of any constraint” in the future.Shortly after filing to end her conservatorship, the She’s the Man actress