Like a Hollywood script, the sudden death of actress Anne Heche has triggered a parallel tragedy: the struggle for her fortune, by her children and her ex-partner.
It was on August 11 when Heche died at the West Hills Hospital in Los Angeles as a result of a fatal traffic accident at the age of 53. She left behind two children, Homer Heche Laffoon, 20, from her marriage to cameraman Coley Laffoon, and Atlas Heche Tupper, 13, the son she had with actor James Tupper, with whom she had her longest relationship.
He did not leave a written will. And now his estate is in dispute. The two confronted people are Homer Heche, the eldest son, and James Tupper, his ex-partner, who has presented a document that would supposedly be the last will of the actress, dated 2011.
The dispute – which was made public yesterday – began in early September, when Homer Heche Laffon presented a series of documents requesting control of Heche’s assets. In that documentation, to which the American media People had access, both the eldest and the youngest son of the actress are mentioned as legitimate heirs.
“The estate consists of two heirs: Homer Heche Laffoon and Atlas Heche Tupper. Homer Heche Laffoon is of legal age and therefore the proposed administrator. Atlas Heche Tupper is a minor.”
At the same time, Homer Heche filed a petition for the appointment of a guardian to represent the interests of the minor. He claimed in the documents that he was not asking to be the guardian of his little brother.
Then, he added nine documents to his request because James Tupper presented a document where he claims to have the last will of the actress, dated in 2011, in which he appoints him administrator of all his assets.
The eldest son’s response is that it is invalid because it does not have the signature of Anne Heche herself, nor did it take place in front of two witnesses, as required by law: “Mr. Tupper repeatedly refers to the email attached to the Objection as a ‘will’. However, as a matter of law, the email does not qualify as a holographic will or a formal witnessed will.” reads the new documents obtained by People.
Homer has also called several of Tupper’s objections “inaccurate and unfounded.” He refers to the doubts raised by Heche’s ex-partner about the “suitability” of the 20-year-old to administer her mother’s estate, and the assertions that he was “separated from her mother at the time of her death.”
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