Anne Heche's ex James Tupper was denied guardianship of his teenage son Atlas in his authorized battle towards Anne's 20-year-old son Homer Laffoon. Homer and James are additionally at odds over the late star's property.
UPDATE 10/12/22: A California decide dominated in Anne Heche‘s son Homer Laffoon‘s favor and declared that Homer will likely be his half-brother Atlas Tupper‘s guardian as an alternative of Anne’s ex James Tupper. The ruling was made October 11, after Homer filed to be named authorized guardian of Atlas (who's James’ son). Homer’s lawyer advised HollywoodLife in an announcement, “We're happy—however not stunned—with the courtroom’s ruling this morning denying James’ petition to nominate himself guardian advert litem for Atlas. We stay up for the courtroom resolving Homer’s petition on the subsequent listening to and, within the meantime, Homer will proceed to diligently administer the Property pursuant to his authority as Particular Administrator.”
ORIGINAL STORY: A authorized battle is brewing between Anne Heche‘s son Homer Laffoon, 20, and her ex James Tupper, 57, over her property. In a petition filed with the Los Angeles Superior Courtroom on Aug. 31, Homer argued why he must be named administrator of his late mom’s property, as an alternative of James. Homer claimed that a 2011 e mail, the place Anne allegedly named James the admin of her property, will not be legitimate, in line with courtroom paperwork obtained by HollywoodLife.
Homer, who's the son of Anne and cameraman Coleman “Coley” Laffoon, alleged that there’s no signature on Anne’s decade-old e mail, and so it must be invalidated. “In truth, the Decedent despatched a related e mail to her bookkeeper on April 7, 2020, after the Decedent contracted COVID-19,” the submitting reads. “This doc, which fails to qualify as a will on the identical foundation as the e-mail hooked up to the Objection, makes no reference in anyway to Mr. Tupper, which isn't shocking given their acrimonious breakup in 2018.”
Anne’s eldest little one asserted his proper to be appointed administrator of her property within the submitting and fired again at James’ claims that he isn’t “appropriate” for the accountability. Homer claimed that he was employed on the time of Anne’s tragic demise on Aug. 11, and deliberate to renew lessons at Tulane College, however he “postponed his re-enrollment because of current occasions.” Homer additionally clarified that he was not “estranged” from Anne when she died they usually “maintained an in depth and energetic relationship.”
James, who dated Anne from 2007 to 2018, was additionally accused of blocking Homer’s communication along with his half-brother Atlas Tupper, 13, within the submitting. Homer claimed that James’s “aggressive and manipulative” actions have “made it tough” for Homer to contact his brother. Homer alleged that James is pretending to be Atlas through textual content messages. The 20-year-old additionally revealed that Atlas allegedly hasn’t proven as much as any grief counseling periods, and Homer refuses to be alone there with James “because of prior experiences” that Homer “doesn't want to disclose”. Homer additionally filed to be named authorized guardian of his youthful brother in courtroom.
Anne died on the age of 53 after being concerned in a fiery automotive crash on Aug. 5. The Chicago P.D. actress rammed her blue Mini Cooper into the storage of an residence advanced after which sped right into a residential residence, inflicting the automotive and residential to burst into flames. Anne was pulled from the crash by paramedics after which rushed to the Grossman Burn Middle at West Hills Hospital for burn therapy, however she didn't survive her accidents. She slipped right into a coma following the tragic accident and “suffered a extreme anoxic mind harm”, in line with her rep. She was positioned on life assist till Aug. 14 — two days after she was introduced legally useless within the state of California. HL confirmed that there have been traces of medication within the former cleaning soap star’s system throughout her horrifying accident. Anne’s stays have been cremated on Aug. 23 and her ashes have been positioned in a mausoleum at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Endlessly Cemetery.
James paid tribute to his former girlfriend after her tragic demise on social media. The Revenge star shared a photograph of Anne with a easy caption, which learn “love you eternally.” He additionally included a damaged coronary heart emoji. When Anne was nonetheless in a coma after the crash, James launched an announcement hoping for the actress to get better, which sadly didn't occur.