ANNE HECHE - JUDGE AWARDS HECHE FURNITURE IN DIVORCE BATTLE

LATEST: A judge has awarded ANNE HECHE a cache of furniture, including a footstool and a yellow armchair, in her ongoing divorce battle with estranged husband COLEY LAFFOON. Laffoon filed for divorce from Heche in February (07) after five years of marriage - a month after the actress' romance with her Men In Trees co-star James Tupper went public. In documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on 10 July (07), Laffoon claimed he returned to the Los Angeles home they alternately shared to find a footstool, rugs and a king-size bed missing. He accused the actress of taking the items and attempted to prevent her from removing any other possessions from the house. But Heche insisted the items belonged to her before the marriage and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Frederick C. Shaller has agreed, ruling she may keep the furniture and linens. Judge Shaller also ruled Laffoon shall have "temporary exclusive use and occupancy of the residence".