Amanda Bynes

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Disability advocates say Amanda Bynes' conservatorship case is not the norm (unknown)

Amanda Bynes' conservatorship was terminated without contention. Disability advocates say her case is not the norm and conservatorships still need to be ...

"There are a lot of conservatorships where everyone is working in good faith to try to help and support a person," Brennan-Krohn said. "So it's similar to a power of attorney, although with support decisionmaking, you're still the person who can make the choice," Brennan-Krohn said. "So it's a very paternalistic and ableist view that her conservatorship was necessary," Wu said. "Millions of people across the United States are under guardianship very similar to what Britney and Amanda went through," Wu said. "And I think there's a real paternalism in that ... view of people with disabilities as not fully adult, not fully human." Her case has rarely played out in the public eye and draws a contrast to that of pop star Britney Spears, whose conservatorship was dissolved after a protracted, public court battle and has led to legal reform efforts in California.

Amanda Bynes' Nine Year Conservatorship Terminated (unknown)

The 35 year-old requested to terminate both the conservatorship of her person and estate in court documents filed last month, and her request was granted at the ...

“I would also like to thank my lawyer and my parents for their support over the last nine years,” the former child star added. "I would like to thank my fans for their love" In a statement shared exclusively with PEOPLE via her lawyer David A. Esquibias, the actress said: “Following today’s decision by the judge to terminate my conservatorship, I would like to thank my fans for their love and well wishes during this time.”

Amanda Bynes' conservatorship terminated after nearly 9 years (unknown)

Former actress Amanda Bynes' conservatorship was officially terminated by a judge in Ventura County, California, on Tuesday. The ruling brings an end to the ...

Besides normalcy as a person and a student, I know that she is looking forward to what her next step is going to be." "We're all excited and we're all anxiously looking forward to Amanda living a life as a private and normal citizen. A judge first granted Bynes' mother, Lynn, conservatorship of her daughter in 2013.

Judge ends star's Britney Spears-style legal arrangement after nine years (unknown)

Star of films including She's The Man, Hairspray and Easy A, Amanda Bynes was placed under a conservatorship in 2013, following what she had previously ...

"Congratulations to Ms Bynes and good luck... "I am excited about my upcoming endeavours - including my fragrance line - and look forward to sharing more when I can." A judge in California has now dissolved the arrangement, with the support of her parents Lynn and Rick Bynes.

Former child star Amanda Bynes is freed from conservatorship (unknown)

After years of work on her mental health, Amanda Bynes and her mother have agreed to end the conservatorship the actor has been under since 2013.

He says her mother agreed to the termination, and he filed the paperwork to end the conservatorship in February. The news follows another high-profile termination case by pop star Britney Spears, which highlighted issues of conservatorships, which are generally geared for people with dementia or a cognitive disability. "She recognized that it was operating in her best interests and she allowed it. But in 2013, when she was 27 years old, she was placed under a conservatorship after a few erratic incidents, including allegedly setting fire to a driveway.

Amanda Bynes’s Conservatorship Is Over (unknown)

Update (Wednesday, March 23 at 9:50am): Amanda Bynes has released a statement, given to People magazine. In it she thanked her fans, her lawyer David A.

Bynes’s lawyer, David A. Esquibias, told Variety that he and his client were excited for the conservatorship’s end. “I am excited about my upcoming endeavors — including my fragrance line — and look forward to sharing more when I can.” TMZ reported on Monday that the case’s judge had issued a tentative ruling: The conservatorship was “no longer required.” There was no objection from Bynes’s mother, Lynn Organ, who had served as her conservator since 2013.

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Amanda Bynes Broke Her Silence On Her 9-Year Conservatorship ... (BuzzFeed News)

Amanda's lawyer has explained how her case is nothing like the #FreeBritney movement, despite the coincidental timing.

“I am excited about my upcoming endeavors — including my fragrance line — and look forward to sharing more when I can.” This is why I've asked to see the judge next week regarding this conservatorship issue,” she added. And on Tuesday, Mar. 22, Judge Roger L. Lund terminated Amanda’s conservatorship after almost nine years, saying: “The conservatorship is no longer needed or required. Amanda Bynes was just 10 years old when she first shot to fame in the Nickelodeon series All That in 1996. And I'm so sorry to whoever I hurt and whoever I lied about because it truly eats away at me,” she said at the time. Her parents vehemently denied the claims, and Amanda later tweeted that he had never abused her.

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