Anne Heche - Battle for her estate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Insane that the court would even consider appointing her 20 year old deadbeat son the administrator. It should be a neutral party.

You are call iij nv a 20 year old a deadbeat? Isn't that harsh?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Insane that the court would even consider appointing her 20 year old deadbeat son the administrator. It should be a neutral party.

"Deadbeat?" He's 20! As DCUMers so often point out, "his brain isn't fully formed yet!" He didn't ask for this.

+1 He hasn't murdered, mugged, raped or carjacked anyone either.

He wants to not go to school but also not work. And he won’t give his half brother the kid’s own belongings from the mother’s house. He also sounds non-responsive. Not seeing many redeeming qualities here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like Homer has legal representation (as he should) and is close with his father and step mother which is good. That person filing out the paperwork and running things. Why in the world would anyone expect a 20 year old who just lost his mother to be the support for a 13 year old 1/2 sibling or go to grief counseling WITH him? Who knows what is really going on but I highly doubt it is nearly as clear as James makes it out to be.

He won’t even give the poor kid his belongings and doesn’t seem to care about him at all. He is not a nice person.

You got all that based on a one sided court filing. You have no idea. Both sides sound like they are making a play for the money. Neither is nice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Insane that the court would even consider appointing her 20 year old deadbeat son the administrator. It should be a neutral party.

"Deadbeat?" He's 20! As DCUMers so often point out, "his brain isn't fully formed yet!" He didn't ask for this.

+1 He hasn't murdered, mugged, raped or carjacked anyone either.

He wants to not go to school but also not work. And he won’t give his half brother the kid’s own belongings from the mother’s house. He also sounds non-responsive. Not seeing many redeeming qualities here.

How do you know that? Because someone said that?

[Anonymous]

Here you go PP:

Homer's previous filing on Aug. 31 mentioned both brothers as rightful heirs to Heche's estate.

"The Estate consists of two (2) intestate heirs—Homer Heche Laffoon and Atlas Heche Tupper," the papers said. "Homer Heche Laffoon is an adult and the proposed Administrator. Atlas Heche Tupper is a minor." (In the papers, Homer specified he was not requesting to be named guardian to Atlas in any capacity.)

She has two heirs and no will. A minor and a legal adult. Of course the adult is going to be named by the court. And his filing already acknowledged his brother as an heir. So the bigger question is why is James inserting himself so vigorously and based on a 2011 email? Additionally if you have had dealings with estates one of the first things you have done, especially when there isn't a spouse, is to change the locks since you have no idea who has a key. And people begin to help themselves pretty much immediately.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Insane that the court would even consider appointing her 20 year old deadbeat son the administrator. It should be a neutral party.

"Deadbeat?" He's 20! As DCUMers so often point out, "his brain isn't fully formed yet!" He didn't ask for this.

+1 He hasn't murdered, mugged, raped or carjacked anyone either.

He wants to not go to school but also not work. And he won’t give his half brother the kid’s own belongings from the mother’s house. He also sounds non-responsive. Not seeing many redeeming qualities here.

How do you know that? Because someone said that?

“Tupper — who shared son Atlas with Heche — also went after Laffoon and claimed he “is not suitable” to run his mom’s estate, pointing out that he is just 20 years old, unemployed and was estranged from Heche when she died.

In the lawsuit, the actor claimed that Laffoon changed the locks on Heche’s apartment, which she shared with Atlas, and has prevented his younger brother from gaining access to his belongings inside.”

https://pagesix.com/2022/09/15/james-tupper-claims-anne-heche-left-him-in-charge-of-estate/

[Anonymous]

Yes that is a court filing. No idea if it is based in fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here you go PP:

Homer's previous filing on Aug. 31 mentioned both brothers as rightful heirs to Heche's estate.

"The Estate consists of two (2) intestate heirs—Homer Heche Laffoon and Atlas Heche Tupper," the papers said. "Homer Heche Laffoon is an adult and the proposed Administrator. Atlas Heche Tupper is a minor." (In the papers, Homer specified he was not requesting to be named guardian to Atlas in any capacity.)

She has two heirs and no will. A minor and a legal adult. Of course the adult is going to be named by the court. And his filing already acknowledged his brother as an heir. So the bigger question is why is James inserting himself so vigorously and based on a 2011 email? Additionally if you have had dealings with estates one of the first things you have done, especially when there isn't a spouse, is to change the locks since you have no idea who has a key. And people begin to help themselves pretty much immediately.

Having some experience with an estate in CA, this makes sense. The CA probate courts are sloooooww. It can take months for an executor to get letters testamentary, even when there’s no controversy. It’s why almost everyone in CA with money has a trust. You can get emergency temporary authority, but it doesn’t allow you to dispose of property. The lawyers will advise the person acting as temporary executor to secure the property and not allow anything to be removed. Even after the executor is named, they cannot dispose of property until after an inventory has been made and filed with the court. The permanent executor will probably be able to determine if anything in the house actually belongs to someone else, but they aren’t just going to let someone walk in and start removing things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here you go PP:

Homer's previous filing on Aug. 31 mentioned both brothers as rightful heirs to Heche's estate.

"The Estate consists of two (2) intestate heirs—Homer Heche Laffoon and Atlas Heche Tupper," the papers said. "Homer Heche Laffoon is an adult and the proposed Administrator. Atlas Heche Tupper is a minor." (In the papers, Homer specified he was not requesting to be named guardian to Atlas in any capacity.)

She has two heirs and no will. A minor and a legal adult. Of course the adult is going to be named by the court. And his filing already acknowledged his brother as an heir. So the bigger question is why is James inserting himself so vigorously and based on a 2011 email? Additionally if you have had dealings with estates one of the first things you have done, especially when there isn't a spouse, is to change the locks since you have no idea who has a key. And people begin to help themselves pretty much immediately.

Because the 2011 email indicated Anne Heche's wishes that Tupper be the executor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did she not have a will setting this stuff up???

She did not have a will.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like Homer has legal representation (as he should) and is close with his father and step mother which is good. That person filing out the paperwork and running things. Why in the world would anyone expect a 20 year old who just lost his mother to be the support for a 13 year old 1/2 sibling or go to grief counseling WITH him? Who knows what is really going on but I highly doubt it is nearly as clear as James makes it out to be.

He won’t even give the poor kid his belongings and doesn’t seem to care about him at all. He is not a nice person.

Those are the allegations. The truth may be much more complicated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here you go PP:

Homer's previous filing on Aug. 31 mentioned both brothers as rightful heirs to Heche's estate.

"The Estate consists of two (2) intestate heirs—Homer Heche Laffoon and Atlas Heche Tupper," the papers said. "Homer Heche Laffoon is an adult and the proposed Administrator. Atlas Heche Tupper is a minor." (In the papers, Homer specified he was not requesting to be named guardian to Atlas in any capacity.)

She has two heirs and no will. A minor and a legal adult. Of course the adult is going to be named by the court. And his filing already acknowledged his brother as an heir. So the bigger question is why is James inserting himself so vigorously and based on a 2011 email? Additionally if you have had dealings with estates one of the first things you have done, especially when there isn't a spouse, is to change the locks since you have no idea who has a key. And people begin to help themselves pretty much immediately.

Having some experience with an estate in CA, this makes sense. The CA probate courts are sloooooww. It can take months for an executor to get letters testamentary, even when there’s no controversy. It’s why almost everyone in CA with money has a trust. You can get emergency temporary authority, but it doesn’t allow you to dispose of property. The lawyers will advise the person acting as temporary executor to secure the property and not allow anything to be removed. Even after the executor is named, they cannot dispose of property until after an inventory has been made and filed with the court. The permanent executor will probably be able to determine if anything in the house actually belongs to someone else, but they aren’t just going to let someone walk in and start removing things.

Thanks for the explanation. Makes a lot of sense about securing the property and now allowing for removal of things. I would think the better strategy would have been for Atlas' dad to ask for emergency relief to retrieve personal items if he had things there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did she not have a will setting this stuff up???

She did not have a will.

She was worthless in many ways, clearly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did she not have a will setting this stuff up???

She did not have a will.

She was worthless in many ways, clearly.

I think worthless is way too harsh a word, but it doesn't appear she was functioning well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Insane that the court would even consider appointing her 20 year old deadbeat son the administrator. It should be a neutral party.

"Deadbeat?" He's 20! As DCUMers so often point out, "his brain isn't fully formed yet!" He didn't ask for this.

+1 He hasn't murdered, mugged, raped or carjacked anyone either.

He wants to not go to school but also not work. And he won’t give his half brother the kid’s own belongings from the mother’s house. He also sounds non-responsive. Not seeing many redeeming qualities here.

Can a minor own property in California? Legally, the house and the contents of the house belong to the estate. Yes, he's probably being an ass but it's likely legal.