Anne Heche Had $400,000 at Time of Death, Judge Rules Son Homer Can Oversee Her Estate for Now
etonline.comAnne Heche's estate gained some focus on Tuesday when the judge ruled at her estate hearing that her eldest son, Homer Heche Laffoon, can oversee the estate for now.The ruling comes less than a week after Homer filed legal documents, obtained by ET, claiming the star had only $400,000 to her name at the time of her death.
Those same docs state that Heche lived in an apartment and that she did not own any property.The documents also state that Heche was working on a book titled, which «is still on track to be released in early 2023.» Back in September, the book's publisher and distributor — Viva Editions and Simon & Schuster — announced the 140-page memoir will be released Jan.
24, 2023.As far as how Heche's modest fortune was calculated, Homer, 20, claims the estate generally consists of «a few modest bank accounts, royalty payments and other income, a corporation in which the Decedent was the sole shareholder (used for projects in development and business functions related to her career in film, including a modest bank account and royalty payments).» There's also her stake in her podcast and «future profits from her forthcoming book.»Heche's ex, James Tupper, and their 13-year-old son, Atlas, attended Tuesday's 15-minute hearing in L.A.
court, where Judge Lee R. Bogdanoff reinforced the notion that this is a 50-50 estate split between Homer and Atlas, and that nothing in that regard should be disputed.What's more, Bogdanoff stated that Atlas should have access to Heche's apartment to gather his belongings, but that Homer is in charge of the estate for now.
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