Homer Laffoon, 20, is asking to be given control of his mother’s assets. Heche, who died last month in a car accident at age 53, did not have a will, according to a copy of the petition obtained by CNN. The petition names Laffoon and Heche’s 13-year-old son, Atlas Tupper, as heirs. “The Estate consists of two (2) intestate heirs — Homer Heche Laffoon and Atlas Heche Tupper,” the petition states. Heche’s car crashed into a Los Angeles home and burst into flames on August 5. She suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury,” depriving her brain of oxygen, among other critical injuries, her family and friends said in a statement to CNN at the time. . She died days later after being removed. “My brother Atlas and I lost our mom. After six days of almost unbelievable emotional changes, I am left with a deep sadness beyond words,” Lafoun said in a statement to CNN on August 14. “I hope my mom is free of pain and begins to explore what I like to imagine as her eternal freedom.”
