A judge terminated Courtney Love [ tickets ]'s probation and dismissed three misdemeanor charges against the singer Monday (12/11), ruling that Love had successfully battled her substance-abuse problems.

Love, 42, sobbed as Los Angeles Superior Court judge Rand Rubin pronounced the ruling that effectively wiped her legal slate clean, according to an Associated Press report.

"Thank you for not taking me into custody," Love reportedly said in court. "Thank you for giving me an opportunity. You've been a good, fair judge. Sorry for crying."

Love had pleaded no contest in 2005 to assault charges against musician Kristin King, who claimed that Love had attacked her at the home of Love's former boyfriend, Jim Barber, in 2004. Under last year's probation order, Love was banned from coming within 100 yards of King.

King's attorneys argued unsuccessfully in court Monday against ending Love's probation a year early and terminating the protective order.

Love also pleaded guilty last year to possession of two powerful painkillers, Oxycontin and Vicodin, without a valid prescription, as well as a count of being under the influence of cocaine.

Under the terms of last year's ruling, Love was given three years probation and ordered to complete year-long anger-management and drug-treatment programs.

"Courtney stepped up to the plate, turned her life around and is on the road to releasing her new record and hopefully getting hired to act in films," Love's attorney, Howard Weitzman, told celebrity-news website TMZ.com.