Anne Heche's son Homer Laffoon files to control actress's estate

The court petition says the value of the actress's estate is unknown

Anne Heche at the 74th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Beverly Hills on March 12, 2022. The Hollywood actress was in a fiery car crash in Los Angeles in August. Reuters

Anne Heche at the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Reception at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in 2018. Getty Images

The actress at the premiere of the HBO television series 'Big Little Lies' in Los Angeles in 2017. Reuters

Canadian actor James Tupper, left, Anne Heche, right, and son Atlas Heche Tupper at the premiere of 'Mr Popper's Penguins' in 2011. EPA

A pregnant Heche at the premiere of the movie 'Spread' in 2009. EPA

From left, Anne Heche, Hugh Jackman and Donna Murphy pose for photographers during the the Tony Award Nominee class picture at the Minskoff Theatre in New York in 2004. EPA

Alec Baldwin and Heche at the American Theatre Wing Gala annual Luncheon in 2004. Reuters

The cast of the new film 'John Q', from left, Anne Heche, Kimberly Elise, Denzel Washington, young Daniel Smith and James Woods, at the film's premiere in 2002 in Los Angeles. Reuters

Hugh Grant and Anne Heche attend the Warner Brothers/ 'InStyle' party after the 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 2001. Reuters

Anne Heche and Robert Downey Jr at the premiere of 'Snatch' at the Directors Guild, Los Angeles, California. Getty Images

Anne Heche, right, directing Sharon Stone, left, and Ellen Degeneres on the set of 'If These Walls Could Talk'. Getty Images

Ed Harris as Father Frank Shore and Anne Heche as Roxanna in the 2000 film 'The Third Miracle'. Getty Images

Anne Heche in the 1998 remake of 'Pyscho'. Getty Images

Director Gus Van Sant, left, Anne Heche and Vince Vaughn at the premiere of 'Return To Paradise' in October 1998. Getty Images

Harrison Ford, left, and Anne Heche in the 1998 film '6 Days,7 Nights'. Getty Images

From left, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Heche and Robert De Niro on the set of 'Wag The Dog' in 1998. Getty Images

Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche in 1997 film 'Volcano'. Getty Images

Anne Heche died without a will, and her son has filed court papers to control her estate.

Homer Laffoon, 20, Heche's son with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon, filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday requesting that he be allowed to administer his mother's estate.

The petition lists Homer and Atlas Tupper, 13, Heche's son with former partner James Tupper, as her only heirs.

The document says the value of the actress's estate is unknown. That is often the case on such initial filings, before anyone has the legal authority to assess the dead person's assets.

Homer also filed a petition asking that someone be appointed to represent his brother's interests in court.

Heche's representative declined to comment on the filing.

On August 5, a car the actress was driving jumped a curb, crashing into a Los Angeles home and bursting into flames. She was declared brain dead on August 11, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated.

Heche, 53, was among the biggest film stars of the late 1990s, starring opposite actors including Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford, and had worked consistently in movies and television for more than three decades.

She was married to Coleman, a television camera operator, from 2001 to 2009, and was in a relationship with James, an actor, from 2007 to 2018.

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