Anne Heche’s will — orlack thereof— continues to cause tension between the loved ones she left behind.
The 20-year-old claims that his mother’s exJames Tupper, 57, has been interfering with Homer’s attempts to communicate with his 13-year-old old half-brotherAtlas Heche TuppersinceHeche’s deathin August.
Legal representative for both Homer and Tupper did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Per Tuesday’s filing: “Mr. Tupper repeatedly refers to the email attached to the Objection as a ‘will.’ However — as a matter of law — the email does not qualify as either a holographic will or formal witnessed will,” the document reads. “The email fails to satisfy the legal requirements for a valid holographic will because the material provisions of the purported will are not in the handwriting of the Decedent. A will is valid as a holographic will, whether or not it is witnessed, if the signature and the material provisions are in the handwriting of the testator.”
The document also points out that without a proper will, “there can be no nomination of an executor” or an executor selected, in general. This role is important as the executor “is appointed to administer an estate pursuant to a valid will,” according to the legal papers.
Anne Heche and homer Laffoon.Rachel Murray/Getty
Homer also called several of Tupper’s own previously filed objections to the 20-year-old’s “suitability” to administer his mother’s estate — including claims Homer was “‘estranged’ from his mother at the time of her death” — “inaccurate and unfounded.”
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Heche wasinvolved in a fiery car accidenton Aug. 5 and then was transported to a Los Angeles-area hospital. The actress sustained several injuries from the incident, and PEOPLE confirmed two days later that she was in a coma andhad “not regained consciousness” since the crash.
The state of Californiadeclared Heche legally deadon Aug. 12, but she temporarily remained on life support to allow for her organs to be removed and donated. On Aug. 14, her rep confirmed to PEOPLE she had beentaken off of life support.
She is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.
source: people.com
