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About 1.3 million guardianship or conservatorship cases are active at any given time in the United States, managing assets that total at least $50 billion for people whose rights have essentially been stripped from them, ing to the National Council on Disability.

Bynes was placed in her high-profile conservatorship after she allegedly set a small fire in a neighbor's driveway near her parents' home and was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold in 2013.

Bynes was placed in her high-profile conservatorship after she allegedly set a small fire in a neighbor's driveway near her parents' home and was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold in 2013.

High-profile conservatorship cases often focus on celebrities who are at risk of squandering a large estate due to reckless behavior. Bynes was placed under a conservatorship in 2013 after starting a fire in her parents' driveway and getting involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

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A conservatorship is a court order that appoints someone to oversee the financial affairs of a minor or a person who is incapacitated. A guardianship typically involves the appointment of someone to manage the medical and physical care of a person with limited capacity, or a minor. One person can serve in both roles.

In a surprise move, the star's father filed a petition to finally put an end to the 13-year conservatorship.

Conservators are court-appointed individuals who are given the ability to manage another person's finances and personal affairs. They're able to limit the conservatee's spending and, depending on the extent of the conservatorship, any other financial and personal decisions.

Bynes, now 35, shot to fame on a pair of Nickelodeon shows as a teenager, but struggles with mental health, substance abuse and the law prompted her parents to establish court control through a conservatorship in 2013.

The list includes Michelle Williams, Alicia Silverstone and Ariel Winter. Pop star Britney Spears was given relief after a judge on Wednesday suspended her father Jamie Spears as her conservator. Britney has been in a conservatorship since 2008 over concerns about her mental health after breakdown and hospitalisation.

A conservator is a person appointed by the court to take care of someone's finances when he or she cannot make these types of decisions because of an illness, injury, or disability.

Since 2008, Britney Spears has been on a probate conservatorship. These are primarily designed for individuals who have intellectual disabilities or dementia. They are granted indefinitely by a county probate judge, though the conservatee can petition to end it.