Amanda Bynes’ conservatorship is officially terminated

Amanda Bynes’ conservatorship of nine years has officially been terminated.

The move comes after a judge had tentatively ruled that the legal arrangement for the 35-year-old former child star was ‘no longer required.’ 

On Tuesday morning, the ruling was made official when a judge confirmed the decision to end the conservatorship, TMZ reports. 

Bynes’ attorney David A. Esquibias said in a statement: ‘Amanda appreciates the love and support of her fans during this time. She thanks her family for never giving up. Now that the conservatorship has ended, she looks forward to completing her bachelor’s degree and living her life.’

The ruling means Bynes, who once had a reported net worth of $3million, can now make her own personal and financial decisions.

The official ruling was made at a court hearing at the Ventura County Government Center Hall of Justice in Ventura, California.

There were no further details but the decision had already been explained in the tentative ruling that was given Monday.  

‘Petitioner has provided facts that the conservatorship is no longer needed. The Capacity Declaration filed 02/22/22 concludes that conservatee has capacity give informed consent to any form of medical treatment,’ the tentative ruling made by Judge Roger L. Lund read Monday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

‘The court determines that the conservatorship is no longer required and that grounds for establishment of a conservatorship of the person no longer exist.’

Final decision: The official ruling was made at a court hearing at the Ventura County Government Center Hall of Justice in Ventura, California on Tuesday 

Bynes, who has long suffered from various mental health issues, formally requested the termination of the conservatorship last month by filing paperwork at the Ventura County Superior Court.

Her attorney David A. Esquibias recently told TMZ her parents agree with her that she has made ‘significant progress’ in managing her bipolar disorder.

When the arrangement first began in 2013 after Amanda’s breakdown, it was her mother Lynn who was appointed her conservator.

Since then Amanda has remained on good terms with her parents – which her lawyer pointed out is a stark contrast from Britney Spears’ relationship with her own father and former conservator Jamie Spears, as well as with the rest of her family.

‘Bynes also filed a capacity declaration Tuesday, as California requires all conservatorship cases to have updated records about a conservatee’s mental state from their physician, psychologist or religious healing practitioner,’ Page Six reported last month.

Esquibias told People Magazine: ‘Amanda wishes to terminate her conservatorship. She believes her condition is improved and protection of the court is no longer necessary.’

Taking action: Bynes, who has long suffered from various mental health issues, formally requested the termination of the conservatorship last month by filing paperwork at the Ventura County Superior Court

The What a Girl Wants star has dealt with significant mental health issues in recent years, and she was previously diagnosed with both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

In 2012, Bynes was arrested in Los Angeles for DUI and the following year she was again arrested and faced charges of reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence and criminal possession of marijuana.

A year after her conservatorship began — with her parents assuming control of her affairs — Amanda raised concerns when she tweeted that her father had been ‘verbally and physically’ abusive to her during her childhood years.

She also accused him of being ‘incestuous’ toward her.

Struggles: The What a Girl Wants star has dealt with significant mental health issues in recent years, and she was previously diagnosed with both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia; pictured 2015

Her parents denied the allegations, and Amanda quickly changed her tune with an equally concerning tweet.

‘My dad never did any of those things,’ she tweeted. ‘The microchip in my brain made me say those things but he’s the one that ordered them to microchip me.’

In 2019, Bynes checked into a mental health facility following a relapse.

The former child star had planned a Hollywood comeback in 2018, and that decision contributed to her relapse, it was reported at the time.

During a Paper Magazine interview, the actress admitted that she had slipped into a depression after filming She’s The Man.

Movie star: The former young ‘it girl’ hasn’t appeared in anything since she starred opposite Emma Stone in 2010’s Easy A; pictured 2009

‘I went into a deep depression for 4-6 months because I didn’t like how I looked when I was a boy,’ she confessed, adding: ‘I’ve never told anything that’.

Amanda’s character in the teen rom-com saw her play a teen girl dressing in drag to pose as her brother – to allow her to join her college soccer team.

She went on in the interview, which was her first major one since a 2014 breakdown, to detail her drug use.

‘I definitely abused Adderall,’ she said, recalling how she read a magazine article called ‘the new skinny pill’ around the time she was filming Hairspray in 2007. The star said she would chew her Adderall tablets in her trailer because she thought she got higher that way.

‘I don’t know if it was a drug-induced psychosis or what, but it affected my brain in a different way than it affects other people. It absolutely changed my perception of things.’

The former young ‘it girl’ hasn’t appeared in anything since she starred opposite Emma Stone in 2010’s Easy A.

The Nickelodeon star’s new bid for freedom comes after Britney Spears fought to end her own 13-year conservatorship which was terminated in November.

Meanwhile: The Nickelodeon star’s new bid for freedom comes after Britney Spears fought to end her own 13-year conservatorship which was terminated in November; Bynes pictured 2011