Court grants conservatorship over actress Bynes

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer

Updated 10:10 am, Friday, August 9, 2013

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  FILE - In this Tuesday, July 9, 2013 file photo, Amanda Bynes, accompanied by attorney Gerald Shargel, arrives for a court appearance in New York on allegations that she chucked a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. A judge has granted Amanda Bynes’ mother a conservatorship over the former child actress. Ventura County Judge Glen Reiser ruled Friday, Aug. 9, that Richard and Lynn Bynes should be allowed to limited control their daughter’s personal affairs, including medical treatment.The former star of Nickelodeon shows “All That” and her own variety series has been in a psychiatric hospital in California since last month. Photo: Bethan McKernan

Ventura County Judge Glen Reiser ruled Friday that Richard and Lynn Bynes should be allowed to limited control of their 27-year-old daughter's personal affairs, including medical treatment.

Reiser said a mental health court has control over Bynes' medical treatment, but if she is released from a psychiatric facility then her mother will have authority to decide treatment.

The former star of Nickelodeon shows "All That" and her own variety series has been in a psychiatric hospital since last month. Authorities placed her in the hospital after she started a small fire in the driveway of a house in her hometown of Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Lynn Bynes will also have control over her daughter's finances.