Anne Heche's Son Homer Is Fighting For Control of Her Estate After She Died Without a Will

He he

MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!!

I hope he can manage all $24.89 in her bank account..

She was so irresponsible.

I see no conflict here. The estate will go to the children through intestate succession. The word "fighting" is not applicable.

Surprised she didn’t have something basic in place. Trusts and all that?

[quote] I see no conflict here

I think her exes might try to get in on the action.

Especially since she didn't leave a will.

There are lots of ways that they can try to stake a claim.

She may not have had enough money to need trusts and such. Her heyday was over 30 years ago and didn't last long, she's been a working actress since then but wouldn't have earned fortunes. And she had bipolar disorder, which can lead to some very bad financial decisions when the mental swings get out of hand.

I hope she had something to leave her sons, but mainly, I hope they have loving and supportive fathers and grandparents. Having a bipolar mother is a lot to deal with.

Her resume is staggering. Don't know how much she earned, but she has never stopped working.

R7 Last I checked the law of intestate succession, the ex-spouses have no standing over the children, not even for a fraction, but then maybe things are different in California? I rather doubt it.

I just hope Heche homophobic mother doesn't try to claim the estate

Fuck you,, OP. It’s Anne He he on DL.

It is important that Homer controls the estate, as he is the one who best knows what his mother would want

Another reason it is important, we don't know what will happen in the future, who knows if Heche becomes even more popular after death (a stretch I know) but if that were to happen, the estate gets the money to any use of Heche likeness in any marketing or promotion material

The person who is in the charge needs to say yes or no, to whatever offers come down

Robert Reed (Brady Bunch) daughter controls his estate, and has turned down offers to use his likeness for Brady Bunch merchandise - yes she can make money, she doesn't seem interested in having his image on board games or lunch boxes anymore.

Surely she had at least a million and a house.

Anne was well off

Celebrity Net Worth says that Anne was worth $4,000,000.

Not sure if that includes real estate.

Fuck you, r12. You're a moron.

It's not the exes that are the problem.

Probate takes forever. Also, the lawyers who handle probate are fucking leeches and demand a percentage of the estate.

ALSO, don't forget, EVERYONE will be suing her estate, including--

1. Her car insurance 2. The owner of the house (or their insurance) 3. The owner of the Jag (or their insurance) 4. The owner of the apartment complex (or their insurance) 5. The hospital that cared for her

When someone dies this way, it's a big fucking mess.

That’s more than enough for trusts, etc. Surprised her lawyer didn’t insist.

$4 million is not bad for an actress who hasn't worked very much recently.

She must have saved a lot.

I don’t see how there will be anything left after the lawsuits.

Mess!

Jeez, R18.

There won't be anything left after all of that.

Robert Reed had a daughter???

[quote]She was so irresponsible.

Indeed. She named her sons Homer and Atlas.

Homer's dad is probably behind the scenes, pulling the strings.

There's no way Homer would know anything about how to manage an estate, much less all the pending lawsuits.

I think Atlas is going to get screwed in this deal.

Did she have life insurance?

‘Atlas Tupper’ and ‘Homer Lafoon’.

r25 = Julian Lennon

[quote] Robert Reed (Brady Bunch) daughter controls his estate, and has turned down offers to use his likeness for Brady Bunch merchandise - yes she can make money, she doesn't seem interested in having his image on board games or lunch boxes anymore.

Wasn't she estranged from him for long time?

[quote] Robert Reed had a daughter???

Yes he had a daughter and now a grandson. the daughter made a cameo on the Brady Bunch

[quote] Wasn't she estranged from him for long time?

No

Robert Reed Daughter REFUSES To License His Image For Brady Products

On all licensed "Brady"-related lunchboxes, T-shirts and other merchandise currently available (since it appears Brady stuff will always be available) Mike Brady has been rubbed out.

Not long before he died, however, Robert Reed took the advice of his then-lawyer Dan Kossow (a well-known entertainment attorney who also represented Adam "Batman" West) and refused to sign a deal with Viacom/Paramount that would let the corporation use his '70s-era visage on Brady products. The rest of the cast had agreed, so Viacom decided it could carry on without Mr. Brady.

Reed's estate is now handled by Chicago attorney Cary S. Fleischer.

"There's no question that his daughter and his grandson care deeply about his image," Fleischer says. "They're happy the Brady show is played and replayed, and sometimes, when someone wants to use his image for a charitable purpose, we say fine. But we take this very seriously."

Fleischer said he reviewed the Viacom/Paramount offer years ago and still advised Karen Baldwin (Robert Reed's daughter) not to take it. "I told her it would be to her benefit to keep these rights, that any money that could come from it was going to be insignificant." (When pressed, Fleischer says he considers $5,000 to be "significant" and that the merchandise potential was "a lot less than that.")

"The family has turned down offer after offer," Fleischer says, from producers and writers who want to tell the "whole" Robert Reed story: "A lot of the publicity about him has gone toward one part of his life, rather than the way the family wants him remembered."

And in this way, Mr. Brady abdicated part of his throne.

"Does it matter that he's not on T-shirts?" Fleischer says. "I don't think so. His presence still exists. He's the all-American father. He always will be."

Two children and she had no will. This isn't just irresponsible, it's selfish. Forget the basic can't be bothered to take my meds and keep my mental health for the benefit of my children.

Enough excuses for these people. As people should know, most people with mental health issues are not incapable of taking care of themselves 24/7. They are mostly lucid and quite capable. In those mentally healthy times you take care of matters to prevent issues when you falter.

[quote] I think Atlas is going to get screwed in this deal.

I suspect Homer is the one who will get screwed.

Because Atlas is a minor, the judge will make a provision (or appoint an attorney to represent his interests) for saving some of the money from creditors and lawsuits for his support and education. (This is just what I suspect.) Since Homer is already an adult, there will be nothing held back for him from lawsuits unless they don't take all the money in the estate.

He is currently fighting for the right to handle estate business, but because of pending lawsuits, I would imagine that the court will appoint someone to handle the business of the estate (and these appointed attorneys get an hourly rate, charged to the estate) until all lawsuits and claims are settled, so that the family member can't run off with the money.

Probate court is a racket for attorneys.

The poster upthread was correct, this was terribly irresponsible. Tsk tsk, Anne.

Even if she had written a will, the estate would still be subject to lawsuits. The woman whose house was destroyed deserves compensation.

Could the sons collect Anne's SAG pension?

I wonder if Anne felt so childlike , that she didn’t think of her own mortality

Isn’t money in trusts for children protected from suits against the estate?

I'm pretty sure Homer’s dad comes from significant family wealth; I doubt whatever inheritance he might get from his mother would make too much difference to him.

I did not know that, interesting.

“Homer and Atlas.”

wtf was wrong with these people? Who names their kids Homet and Atlas?

*Homer

R42, I went to school with a guy named Ramses, who was a scrawny little red-haired, cello-playing computer nerd.

NEVER give your kids a grandiose name!

R42 Uh you know it was Celestia that named those boys, right? Bitch was crazy.

Celebrity Net Worth is full of shit.

And you fags call ME a cunt!

Messy chaotic bitch bequeathes to her children lots of messy chaos when she causes her own messy chaotic death.

As always, the only people who benefit are the lawyers.

Poor Homer.

He inherited his dad's genes.

Coleman Laffoon looks like the "Missing Link!"

Atlas' dad is much better looking.

It’s not that irresponsible if she wanted to split the estate evenly between her two sons because that’s what the law will do without a will.

[quote] Who names their kids Homer and Atlas?

Greeks.

Atlas has his dad's looks.

He's going to end up much better looking than Homer.

I was in my mid-30s when my father died and I wound up in charge of handling his estate. He hadn't driven into anyone's house, had negligible assets (with a few complications) and dealing with the probate court was an absolute nightmare. Nightmare. I can't imagine being an 18 year old kid with all of the legal and likely asset complications Anne's Estate would have and even making it through two weeks of handling that. Best of luck to him.

The celeb net worth sites are worthless. You’d sooner make up your own numbers. They have no idea what she was born with, what she inherited and what she spent… assuming they could guesstimate her earnings.

I know people who have made hundreds of thousands a year for many years and not saved a dime. I know people with more modest incomes who have saved up millions.

Being named executor may be the only way he’ll get anything from the estate considering its liabilities.

He He.

Everyone: get a will!

People think they can wait until they’re closing to dying time. You never know, and you can also become mentally incapacitated.

I think it’s becoming clear Anne was set up. The sons/fathers predicted she’d become unstable and feared she’d blow through the estate.

Probably they’d been feeding her booze an’ dope for weeks (even years) clandestinely.

I have a will and a DPA, and I don't have $4 million OR two sons with idiotic names.

This is just poor planning from a white trash upbringing.

Pensions usually end at death.

Correct, R61. But they do sometimes include provisions for survivor's benefits for dependents. If so, the younger son would probably qualify for that (unless his father is his sole support) but the older son is probably too old to qualify.

He can take charge of my hole

Lol R63.

You dirty whore.

R63 they do for spouses , not sure about children. Though they should.

[quote]Probate takes forever. Also, the lawyers who handle probate are fucking leeches and demand a percentage of the estate.

Yes. I'm going through this now (my father died intestate last year) and it's been a fucking nightmare. It's also been drawn out because due to the pandemic and certain offices being overwhelmed due to the sheer volume of deaths, his official death certificate was just issued two months ago. So, of course, that held a lot of things up.

Thankfully, I don't have an issue with the lawyer portion considering my godfather is a lawyer. At least my parents knew what they were doing when they made that decision on my christening day. If you're gonna name a godparent, at least name someone who knows the law if and when you kick it and leave your kids behind with mounds of paperwork.

I don't understand how or why people with children don't draw up wills, but I'd be lying if I haven't been slightly bitter about my father not doing so while trying to sort everything out. That should be one of the first things you do the moment you breed a human, ffs. -_-

The lawsuits begin...

"Anne Heche's estate is dealing with an ongoing legal case concerning the car accident that caused her untimely death.

According to new legal documents, obtained by The Blast, Anne's son -- Homer Laffoon -- is asking the court to appoint him as special administrator of her estate, so he can deal with the issues. In the filing, Homer's lawyer claims the estate needs to defend itself against a claim made for damages from the deadly car accident.

As we reported, Heche was reportedly speeding down a residential street and eventually crashed into a house causing a major fire. At this point, it appears she is at fault.

"Due to a motor vehicle accident that occurred shortly before the death of (Heche), there are pending claims against her that require immediate attention. More specifically, I received correspondence from the law firm representing the subrogation claimant informing the representative of (Heche) that a destructive scene and evidence examination of the subject property would take place on September 16, 2022, and that this was the Estate’s opportunity to inspect the scene and remaining evidence, including any liability insurance carriers for her and expert investigators," the filing reads."

Adding, "On behalf of (Homer), I contacted the attorney handling the claim and was able to arrange for the examination to be postponed to give him adequate time to secure the appointment of a personal representative."

The legal documents don't specify if the legal case is just involving insurance, or if anyone is suing the actress for damage caused during the accident and fire.

Interestingly, the filing includes information regarding a new book deal entered into by Anne before her death. It appears the publisher, and the estate is continuing with the project.

"Furthermore, I have been made aware that the Decedent entered into a publishing agreement prior to passing regarding a book she wrote," it says. Adding, "and it is anticipated that the estate will need to monitor and coordinate the interests of the estate as the book is brought to market, including prior to the appointment of an administrator with general powers."

Unfortunately, it looks like the family is having issues too. Homer's attorney discusses issues with Anne's ex-husband -- James Tupper -- who is the father of Anne's minor son Atlas. The filing reveals his big brother claims he is having trouble communicating with him due to Tupper's control of the communication.

"My client has informed me that James is using Atlas’ phone to pressure and attempt to manipulate him (Homer). James has also left voicemails in a similar tone. Homer is anxious to have a free flow of information with Atlas, but James’ style is not productive," he wrote.

Adding, "Additionally, if you have objections to the petition for special administration, please let me know now so they can be addressed now. As you know, Homer is entitled to the appointment he is seeking. He meets all the legal requirements and I am not aware of any grounds for denying him that right."

Anne Heche's Death Ruled An Accident, Toxicology Still Pending

As we reported, Anne Heche died after suffering major injuries from a fiery car accident. The actress succumbed to "thermal injures" to her lungs and major damage due to the traumatic blunt force of the accident.

The estate case is ongoing, a judge will now decide what powers to give to Anne's son.

This is so messy and Atlas' dad is being petty at the worst possible time. He should be working with Homer and his family or at least clearly making every fair effort.

^It's understandable that he would want to protect his 16 y/o son. He is not of legal age to be involved in complex legal discussions with adults who are self interested/stakeholders.

Does young Homer think that he has no choice in any of this since he is 20 or is he seeking some kind of overall closure? I'm guessing that maybe Homer had a caregiver role early on with his mother since she was mentally ill. That young man needs therapy alongside his younger brother and their respective fathers, really intense family therapy.

Anne Heche committed suicide. Her burdens should not be placed on her 20 year old son at all and he also should not think that they should either. I don't know what the answer will be to any of this and I am going full on "Datalounge Mary" right now. The only thing I know for sure is to please keep your Will current and up to date and to please do up a Will if you haven't because you just never know, man.

What's the law in California for all of this? she has an estate and the potentiality for perhaps more monies to come into her estate and first dibs are everyone but her sons because of the overall manner in which she died and her lack of a Will or estate planning? Is that right?

What a dumb cunt Anne was. There will be nothing left over after all the well deserved lawsuits.

[quote] What's the law in California for all of this? she has an estate and the potentiality for perhaps more monies to come into her estate and first dibs are everyone but her sons because of the overall manner in which she died and her lack of a Will or estate planning? Is that right?

Yes, though her lack of will wouldn't have stopped the lawsuits from coming.

Many rich people have an umbrella policy for liability to protect their assets from frivolous lawsuits. But I kind of doubt that a woman who doesn't have a will would have supplemental insurance policies.

The judge may end up appointing an executor (an attorney) because of the messiness of this. The biggest issue that the executor will have to deal with is negotiating with all of the people suing the estate. Even with an attorney, I don't think that a 20-year-old might be able to deal with the accident lawsuit (and photos, etc) and everything else. Those insurance attorneys are ruthless robots.

We will see what the judge does.

Also, if she really did have 4 or 5 million, there might still be a million for the children. The only silver lining to the accident is that she didn't hurt or kill any people--which is where huge payouts happen.

Who are "all the people" who will be suing? All I can think of is the owner of the house and the tenant. Neither suffered bodily injury and the amount they should be compensated for material losses should be easy to ascertain.

[quote] Her heyday was over 30 years ago

This poster has no idea what she’s talking about.

Her most prominent filmmaking period didn’t even get going until the mid-90s and lasted well into the early 2000s.

[quote] Who are "all the people" who will be suing?

I posted it at R18.

What kind of damages can the woman in the house get for the trauma of having a car crash into a house while you were inside?

I think there have been cases when crazy people drive into shops in strip malls (or free standing) while customers were inside - but those were probably all poor people with no insurance. This is a person with millions.

I can see how the trauma could be lifelong, inducing an anxiety disorder, maybe where you couldn't work? Didn't she run her own business on Etsy - I can't remember what she sold - artwork or crafts of some kind? Oh wait - she was a. house organizer, I think. Maybe now she's too rattled to go on....

In any case, I think both Homer and Atlas are lucky to have dads who care a lot about them (in Homer's case, a stepmom and two younger half-sisters). Even if they don't get anything from Anne's estate, they'll be ok. Lots of people don't inherit anything.

[quote] What kind of damages can the woman in the house get for the trauma of having a car crash into a house while you were inside?

Completely arbitrary. Depends on the judge.

Certainly, she could sue for the replacement of all her stuff (even though she had the gofundme), a few months of rent, and lost wages/income while she looked for a new place. The "pain and suffering" part could go either way.

^More likely, they'll offer to settle with her by agreeing to a number.

The "they" meaning the executor and their attorney. (That might be Homer and his attorney.)

Oh I don't think there's all that much of anything for him to be getting all worked about. Much ado about nothing I suppose.

If she had some kind of umbrella auto insurance policy that went up into the millions, wouldn’t there be a chance her kids might get something?

There could be other creditors (mortgage, credit cards etc…) that would further dry up her estate.

I think Jayne Mansfield’s kids ended up with about $2500 each.

It does beg the question who is telling the truth. You have a young man who's grieving and a father trying to protect his young son.

It is odd that Homer would apply for guardianship of Atlas. He's unemployed, 20, and Atlas has a living father.

R4 I said the same thing aloud when I saw this thread. Who does this sort of thing when they have a 13-year old?

Sure, she may not have had much but come on! You brought another life into this world. Get it together!

James Tupper says he has a copy of Heche's will and wants in on this. He also said Homer and his mother were estranged at the time of her death and Homer is blocking Atlas from the home.

So the brothers haven't seen each other since Anne died? Didn't they have a service for her?

[quote] Homer's petition was made on the grounds that Anne did not create a will before her passing, but James has argued that Anne did in fact have a will which was emailed to him in 2011, per court documents obtained by E! News on Sept. 15.

[quote] The email read, "My wishes are that all of my assets go to the control of Mr. James Tupper to be used to raise my children and then given to the children."

[quote] In addition to the email, James has listed various reasons for his argument to become the nominated executor, such as his belief that Homer is not fit to be in charge of the estate.

James Tupper, father of Atlas, is a moron to claim an email is a will. Wills in California must be signed by two witnesses to be valid.

R86 maybe he means the will was scanned and sent to him as an attachment in an email.

The article may be poorly written and thus making it sound like the will was in the body of an email.

Most states (if not all) require an actual hard-copy document clearly indicating that it’s a will.

Typically, it must be signed by the testator in the presence of at least two people and they must sign the will as well, indicating that they witnessed the signing. It may also need to be notarized, too.

My parents have very little assets and I made them update their wills this year. I'm in my 30s and they last updated them when I was in grade school. They would've given me to my aunt who is now a Trump loon. Thanks mom!

Wills are good for everyone.

[quote] I think Jayne Mansfield’s kids ended up with about $2500 each.

Well thank goodness for Olivia Benson, because now Mariska Hargitay is worth tens of millions!!

SMH