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Husband: Anne Heche a 'Bad Mom'
Saturday, May 19, 2007
LOS ANGELES - Anne Heche's divorcing husband wants at least $33,000 a month
in support and joint custody of the couple's 5-year-old son, saying the
37-year-old actress is a bad mother.
In Superior Court filings this month, Coleman Laffoon says Heche has refused
to allow their son, Homer, to be enrolled in a private kindergarten in
Southern California and has said she wants the boy to move to Vancouver,
Canada, where she spends part of the year filming her ABC-TV show, "Men in
Trees."
In Vancouver, Heche leaves their son with a series of different nannies or
her assistant in her trailer while filming, Laffoon said.
Heche's "anger toward me has clouded her ability to think rationally about
what is in Homer's best interest," said Laffoon, who wants Heche ordered to
sign their son's school paperwork.
Laffoon said Heche made some "very poor" parenting decisions in Vancouver,
such as failing to provide a car safety seat for Homer and making lunches he
didn't like.
After one visit, she forgot to return Homer's favorite shoes and "his
bedtime stuffed animals, which are very important to him and which caused
him extreme distress," Laffoon said.
Laffoon and Heche were married in September 2001. He filed for divorce in
February, citing irreconcilable differences.
"It is disappointing that Coley Laffoon has resorted to filing lies with the
court because Anne would not cave in to his astronomical monetary demands,
including his demand for $45,000 a month in support," Heche's publicist,
Lisa Kasteler, said in a statement Friday. "For the past several years, the
child's father has refused to get a job in order to contribute financially
to the child's care."
Laffoon, a former freelance videographer who made $6,000 a year, said he
didn't work during the marriage. The couple agreed he would be a
stay-at-home father because of his experience as a former nanny and summer
camp counselor, his documents contend.
His court filing asks for at least $33,000 in spousal support for himself
and estimates that living expenses for himself and their son, who lives with
him, total $37,399 a month. An accountant hired on Laffoon's behalf
submitted a court paper offering a guideline of $45,239 for monthly spousal
and child support.
Husband: Anne Heche a 'Bad Mom'
Saturday, May 19, 2007
LOS ANGELES - Anne Heche's divorcing husband wants at least $33,000 a month
in support and joint custody of the couple's 5-year-old son, saying the
37-year-old actress is a bad mother.
In Superior Court filings this month, Coleman Laffoon says Heche has refused
to allow their son, Homer, to be enrolled in a private kindergarten in
Southern California and has said she wants the boy to move to Vancouver,
Canada, where she spends part of the year filming her ABC-TV show, "Men in
Trees."
In Vancouver, Heche leaves their son with a series of different nannies or
her assistant in her trailer while filming, Laffoon said.
Heche's "anger toward me has clouded her ability to think rationally about
what is in Homer's best interest," said Laffoon, who wants Heche ordered to
sign their son's school paperwork.
Laffoon said Heche made some "very poor" parenting decisions in Vancouver,
such as failing to provide a car safety seat for Homer and making lunches he
didn't like.
After one visit, she forgot to return Homer's favorite shoes and "his
bedtime stuffed animals, which are very important to him and which caused
him extreme distress," Laffoon said.
Laffoon and Heche were married in September 2001. He filed for divorce in
February, citing irreconcilable differences.
"It is disappointing that Coley Laffoon has resorted to filing lies with the
court because Anne would not cave in to his astronomical monetary demands,
including his demand for $45,000 a month in support," Heche's publicist,
Lisa Kasteler, said in a statement Friday. "For the past several years, the
child's father has refused to get a job in order to contribute financially
to the child's care."
Laffoon, a former freelance videographer who made $6,000 a year, said he
didn't work during the marriage. The couple agreed he would be a
stay-at-home father because of his experience as a former nanny and summer
camp counselor, his documents contend.
His court filing asks for at least $33,000 in spousal support for himself
and estimates that living expenses for himself and their son, who lives with
him, total $37,399 a month. An accountant hired on Laffoon's behalf
submitted a court paper offering a guideline of $45,239 for monthly spousal
and child support.