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.
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 became famous for starring in her own Nickelodeon sketch comedy All That and The Amanda Show, the WB sitcom What I Like About You and films ...
Esquibias says Bynes has been working on herself for years, and reporting to the court regularly and now "all of her hard work has come to fruition." Now she's 36, and a judge in Southern California has ruled she no longer needs to be cared for by her mother. Her attorney, David Esquibias says her parents were concerned about her well-being "and it seemed like the right thing to do at the time."
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.
Ventura County Superior Court Judge Roger Lund terminated the conservatorship on Tuesday at a hearing in the Southern California city of Oxnard, her attorney ...
Her parents feared she was also planning unnecessary and dangerous cosmetic surgeries. She went on to star in the TV series What I Like About You and in movies including What a Girl Wants, Hairspray and She’s the Man. “The court determines that the conservatorship is no longer required and that grounds for establishment of a conservatorship of the person no longer exist,” Mr Lund wrote in court documents outlining the case before he issued his decision.