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Anne Heche and her beau, actor James Tupper, are expecting their first child together, her rep tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.

“They are thrilled,” her rep tells Us.

The two first met in 2006 on the set of their short-lived ABC drama Men In Trees while Heche was still wed to husband Coley Laffoon.

“In that friendship, we kind of discovered we saw the world in a somewhat similar way,” Tupper, who was also married at the time, told the Vancouver Sun last year. “I think we both made decisions that were based on the relationships we were in.”

Shortly after Heche announced her split from Laffoon (with whom she has a 6-year-old son, Homer), the two stepped out publicly.

“I wish people could meet her in person,” Tupper told the Sun of Heche, with whom he shares a home in Vancouver. “She has such a sparkle and such a love for people, and she works so hard. She is so dedicated to all the good things.”

Heche told Extra last year that she was relieved that they can finally be open about their relationship.

“We’re so much more comfortable now that our feelings are exposed and everybody knows about them,” said Heche, who will be appearing with Tupper on an upcoming episode of Samantha Who? this season.

Asked whether she’ll expand her family, Heche said, “Gotta leave it open, ya know what I’m saying?”

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Anne Heche says she can no longer afford to pay the nearly $15,000-a-month in child and spousal support because she’s unemployed after the cancellation of Men In Trees.

“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, 38, writes in court papers.

A judge Wednesday gave her a temporary break, saying she didn’t have to pay her next support payment to her ex Coley Laffoon, 34, covering the month of July. But Superior Court Judge Gail Ruderman Feuer ordered the actress to provide updated income and expense information.

In a court declaration, Heche indicated her financial straits were dire and that she can no longer afford to pay the $14,798 in monthly support, along with private school tuition for her 6-year-old son Homer, the mortgage on her house in Canada where Men In Trees filmed, rent on her Los Angeles home and car expenses.

“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 for which I received a total of $65,00, approximately the amount I received for one episode of Men In Trees, she writes.

She adds: “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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A footstool, rugs and a king-size bed have taken center stage in the divorce battle between Anne Heche and her estranged husband Coley Laffoon.

In documents filed in L.A. Superior Court, Laffoon accuses Heche of taking a number of items – including the master bed and yoga-room rugs – from the L.A. home they share. (Under the terms of a judge’s temporary order, they alternate use of the house while Heche is in Los Angeles.)

He’s now asking that the court order the actress to return the property and prohibit her from removing any more items.

Laffoon also alleges that when he returned to the home July 1 and found the furniture missing, he also “discovered that [Heche] had gone into my closet and ripped the buttons off of 19 of my shirts and removed some of my pants.”

Heche denies Laffoon’s claims, and says that all the items she took – her list includes four pillows from Bali, pink bedding and a “picture of saint” – were hers before their marriage.

“All of the furniture, furnishings, artwork, etc. that was acquired during marriage and paid for with funds earned during the marriage remains” at the residence, she says in court documents. Heche adds that the items she removed were intended for her unfurnished residence in Vancouver, where Men in Trees begins shooting later this month.

The furniture fracas comes weeks after a judge ruled the former couple’s 5-year-old son Homer will live with his father in Los Angeles while Heche films in Canada, and have alternate weekend visits with Heche while she shoots the ABC show.

Laffoon, 33, a former videographer who married Heche in 2001, filed for divorce in February, triggering a war of words and custody dispute. He has questioned Heche’s parenting skills and sanity, and accused the actress of resorting to lies to win custody of – and destroy his relationship with – their son.

Heche, who is dating her Trees costar James Tupper, has defended her parenting and accused Laffoon of making outrageous financial demands.

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Anne Heche wants sole custody of her 5-year-old son, saying her estranged husband is a liar who is trying paint her as a bad mother. In a Superior Court declaration filed Monday, Heche, 37, said Coleman Laffoon made “heinous false statements” and was not a proper stay-at-home parent.

When their son, Homer, stays with Laffoon in Los Angeles, he sends the boy to preschool or leaves him with nannies and baby sitters while he “plays pingpong, backgammon and poker and views pornography online,” Heche stated.

“He holds a poker game at his home every Thursday night and allows Homer to participate,” Heche contended.

Heche wants a judge to grant her temporary sole custody of Homer and permit him to attend kindergarten this fall near her home in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she films the TV show “Men in Trees.”

A call to Laffoon’s attorney, Jon S. Summers, early Thursday was not immediately returned.

In court filings this month, Laffoon claimed Heche left Homer in the care of a procession of nannies in her trailer during visits to Vancouver. He also claimed to be the main caregiver for Homer, while Heche said in her documents that the couple have been alternating time with the boy.

Laffoon and Heche were married Sept. 1, 2001. He filed for divorce Feb. 2, citing irreconcilable differences, and is seeking joint custody and more than $30,000 a month in spousal support.

Heche wants no spousal support awarded.

Anne Heche has split from her cameraman husband Coley Laffoon, the star’s rep confirms to PEOPLE.

The couple “have decided to separate after five years of marriage,” the actress’s rep said in a statement Wednesday. “They have requested that they be allowed their privacy at this time.”

Laffoon, 33, and Heche, 37, wed in 2001, and have a 4-year-old son, Homer.

Entertainment Tonight has reported that the Men in Trees actress is romantically involved with her costar, James Tupper. Heche’s rep had no comment on the relationship. Tupper split from his wife in November, according to ET. His rep had no comment when reached by PEOPLE.

Heche dated Ellen DeGeneres for several years before the couple broke up in 2000. In 2001, she published an autobiography, Call Me Crazy, in which she detailed her struggles with mental illness.

In October, Heche told PEOPLE she was happy in her married life. “You hopefully have a journey where you can get healthy and find love, and fortunately I did,” she said.

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