- In the midst of their prolonged legal dispute, Anne Heche’s ex-husband James Tupper is fighting back against her older son Homer Laffoon.
- “Homer and Tupper have been engaged in a court spat since Homer submitted paperwork to take over his mother’s estate last month.
- The two are also engaged in a legal battle over who should be appointed as Atlas’ guardian ad litem.
In the midst of their prolonged legal dispute, Anne Heche’s ex-husband James Tupper is fighting back against her older son Homer Laffoon.
Tupper has opposed Homer’s most recent request for the court to “extend his jurisdiction” over his late mother’s inheritance, alleging bad treatment of his and Heche’s son, 13-year-old Atlas, in fresh court filings.
Tupper, 57, claims that Homer, 20, “has acted in a hostile manner” against his half-brother and “has refused to engage with him or his representatives at all,” according to the records, which were submitted to Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The complaint also claims that Homer has not inventoried their mother’s possessions in accordance with his agreement with Tupper and Atlas before the goods are put in storage. “Further, Atlas has no faith in [Homercapacity ]’s to meet his fiduciary commitments to Atlas,” the filing reads.
According to the court documents, “On behalf of Atlas, [Tupper] requests that before granting [Homer] any powers to take possession of the tangible personal property in the apartment, the Court compel [Homer] to provide an inventory of such personal property to Atlas so it can be determined whether [Homer] actually safeguards all of the Decedent’s personal property in the future and conflict can be minimized.”
The documents also show that Tupper thinks the bond ought to be increased to $2 million from $800,000.
Homer, who Heche shares with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon, already has some of the powers he’s asking the court for, according to Tupper’s lawyer Christopher B. Johnson, which they claim “underscores his lack of competence and inability to maintain estate assets.”
Homer and Tupper have been engaged in a court spat since Homer submitted paperwork to take over his mother’s estate last month. Homer insisted that his mother didn’t have a will, but Tupper asserted that more than ten years ago, Heche appointed him as the executor.
Since then, Homer has claimed that the signature on his mother’s will is invalid and blamed Tupper for keeping him from speaking to his younger brother.
Tupper argued earlier this month that Homer has “conflicts of interest” in the custody dispute for his biological son because it relates to Heche’s estate and that giving him custody “would actually harm the interests” of Atlas. The two are also engaged in a legal battle over who should be appointed as Atlas’ guardian ad litem.
On August 5, Heche perished following an automobile accident in Los Angeles. Heche was pronounced legally dead by the state of California on August 12 after being in a coma. She was kept on life support for a short time to get her organs ready for donation. 14th of August.
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