Actor Dennis Hopper’s prostate cancer certainly hasn’t kept his divorce from getting nasty. Hopper sought (and received) a restraining order against his estranged wife Victoria Duffy this week in a Los Angeles court. Hopper claims that Victoria has “repeatedly subjected [him] to severe emotional distress.”

According to Hopper’s doctor, “The presence of his estranged wife is hampering Mr. Hopper’s present cancer care…” The doctor added, “It is my belief and recommendation that the less Mr. Hopper has to do with his estranged wife at this time, the more likely he is to have his life extended.”

The judge ordered Victoria must stay 10 feet away from Dennis, his adult children and his assistant. She is prohibited from entering Hopper’s main residence or any other Hopper property other than the unit where she is currently living. The judge ruled Victoria can stay in the unit until March 11, 60 days after Hopper’s divorce petition was filed. This 60-day time frame comes from the couple’s prenuptial agreement.

The judge also gave Dennis visitation rights to their daughter, Galen, every day between 5 and 7 PM.

Hopper filed for divorce last month. She claims Dennis’ adult children are making his decisions for him and want to cut her out of any inheritance. Hopper and his doctor told the court that he is of sound mind to make his own decisions.

Details of the parties’ prenup were made public in the course of the hearing. Unless it is invalidated, it appears that the prenup would allow Hopper to keep several pieces of real estate including the main residences in Venice, California, a New Mexico property, and land in Arizona. He would keep his premarital property and a multi-million dollar art collection.

The prenup also guaranteed Victoria a $250,000 life insurance policy and 25% of everything in his will only if the couple was married and living together at the time of his death.

Hopper previously indicated that he was willing to pay spousal support to his wife of almost 14 years. And TMZ.com, the site that revealed the prenup details, hasn’t mentioned anything about the division of marital property. Presumably, Hopper earned money and amassed property over the past 14 years which property would, for the most part, be considered community property under California law.

Victoria will likely be entitled to half of any property accrued since the date of marriage in the divorce. She just doesn’t get a share of the fortune Hopper made in the forty years prior to their marriage.

Library Topics: divorce, prenuptial agreement, visitation, marital property, community property, spousal support