Amanda Bynes Likely to Remain in Conservatorship Through March 2023

Amanda Bynes’ conservatorship will likely remain in place for at least another year and a half.

According to TMZ on Tuesday, the “All That” alum had a status hearing in her conservatorship case this week in which the judge scheduled the next hearing for March 8, 2023.

Per court documents, the conservatorship — for which Bynes’ mom Lynn serves as the conservator — must file its next update by January 2023.

Despite this update, Bynes’ lawyer David A. Esquibias told Yahoo Entertainment that it’s “misleading” to believe that Amanda’ conservatorship was extended.

“Because Amanda’s person is conserved for medical reasons only, a health status report is required to be filed every two years with the court. The recently filed status report was approved by the court,” Esquibias explained.

“Should the conservatorship continue, the next status report is due in two years. This does not mean the conservatorship was extended for two years. The conservatorship can be terminated at any time for good cause.”

Back in 2013, the actress was placed in a temporary conservatorship after multiple run-ins with the law.

The year before, Bynes was charged with driving under the influence in West Hollywood, a charge that was ultimately dropped two years later. As a result, she received three years of probation.

In July 2013, Bynes was detained by Ventura County sheriff’s deputies after she allegedly started a small fire in a stranger’s driveway in Thousand Oaks.

In February 2020 on Instagram, Bynes posted a video in which she opened up about her conservatorship and how it affects the kind and cost of treatment she can seek.

“Today I want to talk about a controversial topic: my conservatorship case. I have been going to a treatment center that charges $5,200 a month. There’s no reason why I shouldn’t go to a therapist who takes my insurance for $5,000 less a month,” she said at the time.

The former child actor has been open about her struggle with substance abuse, admitting to Hollyscoop’s Diana Madison in 2017 that she has previously been “on drugs.”

The next year, she divulged to Paper magazine that she “started smoking marijuana when [she] was 16,” which then led “to doing molly and ecstasy.”

“[I tried] cocaine three times, but I never got high from cocaine. I never liked it. It was never my drug of choice,” she added.

While telling the publication that she has “definitely abused Adderall,” Bynes said her dependence on the medication led to her quitting the movie “Hall Pass.”