Amanda Bynes

2022 - 2 - 25

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Amanda Bynes files petition to end conservatorship, has parents ... (NBC News)

Bynes filed a petition Wednesday at Ventura County Superior Court in California to terminate the conservatorship of her person and estate. A hearing on the ...

Two months later, Bynes wrote on Instagram that she was in a much better place and was looking forward to getting her degree from FIDM. I’d been working my whole life and [now] I was doing nothing," she told the magazine. They 100 percent support her decision to end the conservatorship." The actress opened up about her struggles in a 2018 interview with Paper magazine. In 2018, she earned an associate degree cum laude in Merchandise Product Development. Bynes is now pursuing a bachelor’s degree. Page Six was first to report the news.

Amanda Bynes Files to End Conservatorship: 'She Believes Her ... (PEOPLE.com)

The 35-year-old Easy A actress' lawyer David A. Esquibias tells PEOPLE exclusively, "Amanda wishes to terminate her conservatorship. She believes her condition ...

She is still a student at FIDM earning her degree." A status report regarding her health and welfare was recently filed and approved by the court. She believes her condition is improved and protection of the court is no longer necessary."

Amanda Bynes' parents support her conservatorship ending (Page Six)

Amanda Bynes' move to end her conservatorship is fully supported by her parents and has not been set in motion because of Britney Spears' case.

However, since then, the “Hairspray” star is seemingly doing better. She was placed under another involuntary hold and tweeted in November 2014 that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Bynes, 35, was first placed under a conservatorship in August 2013, giving her mother, Lynn Bynes, legal control of all her medical and financial affairs.

Who are Amanda Bynes' parents?... (The Sun)

AMANDA Bynes was a popular actress throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.Over the past decade, the 35-year-old has faced an onslaught of mental health-

In February of 2022, Amanda filed to end her conservatorship - a move her parents are said to support. A member of the sketch comedy series All That, Amanda later earned her own spinoff: The Amanda Show. The same year, Amanda announced her sobriety and apologized publicly for the accusations she made against her parents. The following year, Amanda accused her father of abuse via Both of her parents work in dental - Lynn as an assistant, and Rick as a dentist. Amanda Bynes is the youngest of three children born to Lynn and Rick Bynes.

Amanda Bynes Has Filed A Petition To End Her Conservatorship (BuzzFeed News)

The former Nickelodeon and She's the Man star has been living under the legal arrangement since 2013.

In the past, Bynes had criticized her parents and even publicly accused her father of sexual and verbal abuse. In a 2018 interview with Paper magazine, Bynes talked about enrolling in classes at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in downtown Los Angeles and wanting to get back into acting. Bynes was first placed under the conservatorship in 2013 after a series of legal issues and an apparent mental health crisis. She later recanted those statements, claiming that a microchip her father had put in her brain made her say them. Bynes' mother, Lynn Bynes, was ultimately named temporary conservator of the actor's finances and personal life in August 2013. Her attorney David Esquibias did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News' request for comment, but in a statement to People he said Bynes believes that "her condition is improved and protection of the court is no longer necessary."

Amanda Bynes Files to End Conservatorship (Entertainment Tonight)

ET can confirm the 35-year-old actress filed a petition to terminate the conservatorship of her person and estate in California's Ventura County Superior Court.

She is sheltering in a safe location and is doing very well," the statement read. Her lawyer noted that she was living near the beach, attending school and working toward earning a bachelor's degree. She believes her condition is improved and protection of the court is no longer necessary."

Amanda Bynes wants out of her conservatorship after 9 years (Los Angeles Times)

After filing a capacity declaration Tuesday, the 35-year-old actor put in a petition Wednesday to terminate the conservatorship of her person and her estate, ...

Prior to that, Bynes had engaged in a range of erratic behavior — including hit-and-run and DUI incidents — before she was finally diagnosed with mental illness. She has since gotten sober. Amanda Bynes is showing off her “drop-dead gorgeous” new fiancé and celebrating a milestone in her sobriety journey.