Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- Former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes is now a former defendant thanks to a plea deal Monday that resolved a drunken driving charge . The actress must serve three years on probation , attend an alcohol education course and pay a fine after entering a no-contest plea to reckless driving , a court spokeswoman said . The DUI charge was dismissed in exchange for the plea . The DUI charge was filed in June 2012 after Bynes ' BMW allegedly sideswiped a police cruiser in West Hollywood in April 2012 . She picked up two hit-and-run cases in the next several months , along with a charge of driving with a suspended license . All of those charges were eventually dropped . The DUI case was delayed while a doctor reported to the court on Bynes ' mental condition . It got back on the calendar in November when a judge found her to be mentally competent to stand trial . A New York criminal case relating to an incident involving a bong allegedly tossed from her Manhattan apartment window was dropped last month . The troubled 27-year-old actress spent four months in residential psychiatric care last year after a bizarre incident in a neighbor 's driveway last July . A judge placed her under an involuntary psychiatric hold which was extended at her parents ' request . Bynes was released from a Malibu treatment center in December and now lives in the custody of her parents . He parents issued a statement at the time saying that she would continue outpatient treatment several times a week . She was just 10 when she joined the cast of Nickelodeon `` All That '' in 1996 . She was given her on variety show -- `` The Amanda Show '' -- in 1999 .
Amanda Bynes is gets 3 years probation , alcohol abuse treatment , fine . The plea deal clears all of the troubled actresses legal issues . Amanda remains in the custody of her mother after 4 months of psychiatric treatment .