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\n Actor Hayden Panettiere<\/a>\u2019s ex-fianc\u00e9 Wladimir Klitschko has filed an urgent petition asking that he be allowed to act as their 11-year-old daughter\u2019s temporary representative in California court to protect her inheritance after the death of her mother.\n <\/p>\n \n Klitschko, a Ukrainian former world champion boxer, has had full custody of the girl, Kaya, for most of her life, and she has lived with him in Ukraine. Kaya is Panettiere\u2019s sole heir. The filing in a Los Angeles County court cites items seized in a federal investigation of the actor\u2019s death, unnamed and unauthorized people accessing her residence in Los Angeles, and valuables that are missing.\n <\/p>\n \n The petition says it is \u201curgent and essential\u201d that Klitschko be granted the legal status of temporary guardian of his daughter\u2019s estate.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWithout an immediate appointment for these purposes, there is a high probability that property belonging to Hayden\u2019s Estate may be lost, damaged or dissipated before a duly appointed personal representative can be in place to protect it,\u201d the filing says.\n <\/p>\n \n Klitschko\u2019s lawyers filed the petition on Thursday, but it did not become publicly known until Monday, when it was reported by TMZ. The filing emphasizes that his intention is solely to protect his daughter\u2019s future assets until a permanent administrator can be put in place.\n <\/p>\n \n Panettiere, the former star of the TV series \u201cHeroes\u201d and \u201cNashville,\u201d died Aug. 16 at age 36. A coroner\u2019s report obtained by The Associated Press said her death was from an accidental overdose<\/a> of several drugs, including fentanyl, and she had been in rehab just weeks before. She was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina.\n <\/p>\n \n The petition says that federal agents have taken Panettiere\u2019s property in an investigation, and there is no authorized person to deal with them and assure it is returned.\n <\/p>\n \n The filing says that before her death, Panettiere and Klitschko hired security to protect her home because an unnamed person had gained unauthorized access. The petition says it\u2019s expected the same person will continue to try to \u201cmisappropriate\u201d property belonging to her estate.\n <\/p>\n \n A hearing on the issue is scheduled for Oct. 8.\n <\/p>\n