Heche’s husband says she is a bad mother
Posted on May 21, 2007 under Actors, Breakups, Celebrity, Movies, Rumor, TV Show, Thumb Down | No Comment
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.
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.
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.