Amanda Bynes filed court documents Wednesday to end her stereotyping after nearly nine years, Page Six exclusively confirms.
The 35-year-old former actress requested an end to the protection of both her person and property in a petition presented in Ventura County Superior Court in California.
Bynes also filed a capacity declaration Tuesday, as California requires all guardianship cases to keep updated records about a guardian's mental state from his or her physician, psychologist or religious healing practitioner.
The hearing is to be held on March 22.
Bynes' attorney, David A. Esquibias said in a statement to People Friday: "Amanda wants to end her stereotype. She believes her condition is improving and no longer needs court protection.
The Nickelodeon alum was placed under a custodianship in August 2013, giving his mother, Lynn Bynes, legal control of his personal, medical and financial affairs.
The move came after 27-year-old Amanda was hospitalized on an involuntary psychiatric hold for allegedly starting a small fire in the path of a stranger.
The "She's the Man" star tweeted in November 2014 that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a month after another 5150 hold.
In recent years, Amanda has been in and out of mental health facilities while battling addiction.
She announced in November 2018 that she had been sober for four years, only to return two months later to treatment that was described as "stress-related relapse".
Amanda has also had achievements along the way. She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles in June 2019 and got engaged to Paul Michael the following February after meeting at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
The former child star's lawyer, Eskibias, told Page Six in September 2021 that she was "doing really well, apart from the anxiety and the trauma," and that her stereotype could be perpetuated whenever it was "no longer convenient". Was.