HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Anne Heche says she is struggling to make her child and spousal support payments after becoming unemployed.
The 38-year-old actress recently filed court papers saying she cannot afford her monthly payments, which amount to nearly $15,000, after her ABC series "Men in Trees" was recently cancelled.
The star has one child, son Homer, 6, with her ex-husband, Coley Laffoon. Heche and Laffoon, who is a cameraman, married in 2001 and divorced last year.
"I am continuing to look for work, but I have no offers pending and the impending strike by the Screen Actors Guild reduces my prospects for work even further," Heche wrote in court papers, according to People magazine.
Heche's monthly payments help cover her son's private school tuition, a mortgage on a house in Canada where "Men In Trees" was filmed, plus rent on a Los Angeles home and car expenses.
The actress was giving a reprieve by Superior Court Judge Gail Ruderman Feuer yesterday, who said she did not need to make her July payment. However, Heche, who previously dated Ellen DeGeneres, must provide updated income and expense support to the court.
"Since January 18, 2008, I have been unemployed and had no income from employment except for one very short-term contract for a movie role," Heche declared in her filing, People says. "I do receive some residuals from previous acting work. However, the amounts are nominal and are offset by recurring business expenses that must be paid whether or not I am working."
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