Anne Heche Divorce Finalized; Support Lowered

Actress Anne Heche’s divorce from husband Coleman Laffoon was finalized late last week in Los Angeles. The couple fought over seemingly every detail of their split for more than a year, including custody issues. Ugly allegations were hurled from both parties including accusations of pornography addiction (his) to mental instability (hers).

As we reported, the former couple was in court just a few weeks ago, when Heche complained that the temporary spousal support and child support she was ordered to pay was too high in light of the fact that she is currently unemployed. She has been paying almost $15,000 per month to Laffoon for support since last year.

In the final settlement, Laffoon waived any right to spousal support. The court’s recitation of the settlement agreement reads very much like any other non-celebrity divorce. The parties will split an investment account equally. They will split a retirement account equally by a qualified domestic relations order or QDRO. All of Heche’s future residual earnings from acting jobs undertaken during the marriage will be kept by her. The remainder of the proceeds of the sale of their marital home goes to Heche but she has to pay Laffoon a lump sum of $275,000.

Heche has agreed to pay $3,700 per month in child support for the couple’s six year old son, Homer. She will also be responsible for 75% of his private school tuition. Each parent will pay an equal share of Homer’s medical and extra-curricular activity expenses. Although the parenting arrangement was not spelled out in the settlement, it is believed that Heche and Laffoon will split legal custody and physical custody of their son.

The couple was married in 2001 and separated in early 2007.