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Smith willed estate to son, now dead
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Anna Nicole Smith said in a 2001 will that her estate should be given to her longtime companion to hold in trust for her son, who has died, according to a copy released Friday.
The document said Howard K. Stern should hold the former Playboy playmate's estate should be held in trust for her son, Daniel, who died last year, three days after Smith gave birth to a daughter.
"I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children and other descendants now living and those hereafter born or adopted," Smith said in the will.
Stern and two other men claim to have fathered Smith's daughter, Dannielynn.
The will did not say where Smith wanted to be buried, but named Stern as her executor.
Stephen Tunstall, the attorney for Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, called the document a "phantom will," saying it is not valid because it was not filed in court.
The will was released hours after a judge approved the embalming of Smith's remains and tried to broker an agreement among the three people fighting over her body.
Lengthy legal fights still loomed over where she will be buried and who will get custody of the daughter. A hearing over Smith's final resting place was in its third day when it stopped around noon Friday for the Presidents Day weekend. The hearing was to resume Tuesday.
Stern is trying to get control of Smith's remains, as is Arthur. Photographer Larry Birkhead hopes Smith's DNA will help prove he fathered Dannielynn. Stern is listed as the father on the girl's birth certificate.
Friday's proceedings moved out of Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin's chambers and into a courtroom to accommodate the horde of media and attorneys.
Seidlin warned attorneys he would schedule as many sessions as it takes to resolve the issue. He ordered Stern, who did not attend Friday's hearing, to appear in court Tuesday since he wants control of her body.
"This is a struggle for all of us," the judge said.
Stern, who isn't related to the radio host with a similar name, has said Smith wanted to be buried next to her son in the Bahamas. Arthur wants Smith buried in her home state of Texas.
Smith, 39, died Feb. 8 after collapsing at a Florida hotel. Her cause of death is not known.
In California, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, filed legal documents Thursday seeking a DNA test to determine if he fathered the baby. Von Anhalt, who says he is 59, has said he and Smith had a decade-long affair.
Also in California, the state medical board is investigating a doctor who may have prescribed methadone to Smith through a prescription that contained an alias.
The Medical Board of California began looking at Dr. Sandeep Kapoor after receiving information about possible misconduct, board spokeswoman Candis Cohen said. Cohen declined to give details on the allegation or its source but said it was connected to Smith.
Among other things, the board is investigating whether it is legal to prescribe drugs for someone using an alias, Cohen said. She described the review as routine and said the board is obligated to review all allegations of physician misconduct.
A woman who answered the telephone at a listing for Kapoor in Los Angeles hung up when The Associated Press called Thursday.
Smith was the widow of Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, whom she married in 1994 when he was 89 and she was 26. She had been fighting his family over his fortune since his death in 1995.
Smith willed estate to son, now dead - Yahoo! News
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Anna Nicole Smith said in a 2001 will that her estate should be given to her longtime companion to hold in trust for her son, who has died, according to a copy released Friday.
The document said Howard K. Stern should hold the former Playboy playmate's estate should be held in trust for her son, Daniel, who died last year, three days after Smith gave birth to a daughter.
"I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children and other descendants now living and those hereafter born or adopted," Smith said in the will.
Stern and two other men claim to have fathered Smith's daughter, Dannielynn.
The will did not say where Smith wanted to be buried, but named Stern as her executor.
Stephen Tunstall, the attorney for Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, called the document a "phantom will," saying it is not valid because it was not filed in court.
The will was released hours after a judge approved the embalming of Smith's remains and tried to broker an agreement among the three people fighting over her body.
Lengthy legal fights still loomed over where she will be buried and who will get custody of the daughter. A hearing over Smith's final resting place was in its third day when it stopped around noon Friday for the Presidents Day weekend. The hearing was to resume Tuesday.
Stern is trying to get control of Smith's remains, as is Arthur. Photographer Larry Birkhead hopes Smith's DNA will help prove he fathered Dannielynn. Stern is listed as the father on the girl's birth certificate.
Friday's proceedings moved out of Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin's chambers and into a courtroom to accommodate the horde of media and attorneys.
Seidlin warned attorneys he would schedule as many sessions as it takes to resolve the issue. He ordered Stern, who did not attend Friday's hearing, to appear in court Tuesday since he wants control of her body.
"This is a struggle for all of us," the judge said.
Stern, who isn't related to the radio host with a similar name, has said Smith wanted to be buried next to her son in the Bahamas. Arthur wants Smith buried in her home state of Texas.
Smith, 39, died Feb. 8 after collapsing at a Florida hotel. Her cause of death is not known.
In California, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, filed legal documents Thursday seeking a DNA test to determine if he fathered the baby. Von Anhalt, who says he is 59, has said he and Smith had a decade-long affair.
Also in California, the state medical board is investigating a doctor who may have prescribed methadone to Smith through a prescription that contained an alias.
The Medical Board of California began looking at Dr. Sandeep Kapoor after receiving information about possible misconduct, board spokeswoman Candis Cohen said. Cohen declined to give details on the allegation or its source but said it was connected to Smith.
Among other things, the board is investigating whether it is legal to prescribe drugs for someone using an alias, Cohen said. She described the review as routine and said the board is obligated to review all allegations of physician misconduct.
A woman who answered the telephone at a listing for Kapoor in Los Angeles hung up when The Associated Press called Thursday.
Smith was the widow of Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, whom she married in 1994 when he was 89 and she was 26. She had been fighting his family over his fortune since his death in 1995.
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Smith left her estate to dead son
BBC NEWS | Americas | Smith left her estate to dead son
Deceased former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith left her entire estate to her dead son, excluding any other heir from inheritance, it has emerged.
Daniel Smith died last year, aged 20, just three days after Anna Nicole gave birth to her daughter, Dannielynn.
The 2001 will said Smith's long-term companion Howard Stern should hold her estate in trust for Daniel in the event of her death.
Smith, the widow of Texas oil tycoon J Howard Marshall II, died last week.
"I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children and other descendants now living and those hereafter born or adopted," Smith said in the will, under her real name of Vickie Lynn Marshall.
Correspondents say the publication of the will has now raised further questions about the future of Smith's estate.
Mr Stern and two other men claim to have fathered Dannielynn.
The lawyer for Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, said the will was not filed in any court, so it is not valid.
Mysterious death
Smith was found unconscious in a hotel room in Florida last week and could not be resuscitated.
An initial post-mortem examination failed to find what caused her death.
But medical examiner Joseph Perper has not ruled out an overdose as a cause, and is waiting for the results of chemical analysis.
A US judge has ordered her body to be kept until a hearing into the paternity of Dannielynn later this month.
Smith married Marshall in 1994 when she was 26 and he was 89. He died a year later.
She spent years in legal battles with Marshall's son for a share of his estate, the Supreme Court ruling in 2006 that she could pursue her case in federal court.
BBC NEWS | Americas | Smith left her estate to dead son
Deceased former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith left her entire estate to her dead son, excluding any other heir from inheritance, it has emerged.
Daniel Smith died last year, aged 20, just three days after Anna Nicole gave birth to her daughter, Dannielynn.
The 2001 will said Smith's long-term companion Howard Stern should hold her estate in trust for Daniel in the event of her death.
Smith, the widow of Texas oil tycoon J Howard Marshall II, died last week.
"I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children and other descendants now living and those hereafter born or adopted," Smith said in the will, under her real name of Vickie Lynn Marshall.
Correspondents say the publication of the will has now raised further questions about the future of Smith's estate.
Mr Stern and two other men claim to have fathered Dannielynn.
The lawyer for Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, said the will was not filed in any court, so it is not valid.
Mysterious death
Smith was found unconscious in a hotel room in Florida last week and could not be resuscitated.
An initial post-mortem examination failed to find what caused her death.
But medical examiner Joseph Perper has not ruled out an overdose as a cause, and is waiting for the results of chemical analysis.
A US judge has ordered her body to be kept until a hearing into the paternity of Dannielynn later this month.
Smith married Marshall in 1994 when she was 26 and he was 89. He died a year later.
She spent years in legal battles with Marshall's son for a share of his estate, the Supreme Court ruling in 2006 that she could pursue her case in federal court.
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playmates will released
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Anna Nicole new will mystery
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ANNA Nicole Smith left all her money to her son Daniel — who died last year, it emerged last night.
A will made in 2001 specifically EXCLUDED any future children as heirs, embroiling her five-month baby Dannielynn in a new riddle.
Five men could have fathered the tot, who could still inherit a £240million fortune from Anna’s late tycoon husband.
Anna Nicole, 39, is thought to have left several million dollars earned from modelling and TV.
Son Daniel took an overdose aged 20, three days after Danielynn was born.
ACTRESS Charlize Theron was yesterday tipped to play Anna Nicole in a movie of her life.
The Sun Online - News: Anna Nicole new will mystery
ANNA Nicole Smith left all her money to her son Daniel — who died last year, it emerged last night.
A will made in 2001 specifically EXCLUDED any future children as heirs, embroiling her five-month baby Dannielynn in a new riddle.
Five men could have fathered the tot, who could still inherit a £240million fortune from Anna’s late tycoon husband.
Anna Nicole, 39, is thought to have left several million dollars earned from modelling and TV.
Son Daniel took an overdose aged 20, three days after Danielynn was born.
ACTRESS Charlize Theron was yesterday tipped to play Anna Nicole in a movie of her life.
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Anna Nicole Smith saga hots up
Anna Nicole Smith saga hots up | Herald Sun
ALTHOUGH lawyers have agreed Anna Nicole Smith's body should be embalmed, the legal wrangling over her affairs has a long way to go before she is buried.
An ever-growing crowd of lawyers was due to resume arguments in probate and family courts in Florida yesterday over Smith's body, how blood and tissue samples will be used in paternity tests and who will get custody of her infant daughter.
Yesterday's probate court hearing -- seemingly as surreal as Smith's remarkable life -- took loopy, and at times comic, turns amid bickering.
At one point, after several rounds of repetitive, high-pitched arguments over DNA testing, a lawyer blurted out what may have been on the minds of many assembled in court.
"This is wacko!" shouted John O'Quinn, a Texan lawyer representing Smith's mother. "Wacko!"
Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin -- himself denounced on cable TV news shows for his casual manner and off-the-cuff pronouncements -- often reminded participants of the central concern.
"In the maze that we're in, the centre is the child," he said. Earlier, he had an assistant scrawl the word "child" on a large pad set on an easel to keep the needs of Smith's five-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, in mind.
Judge Seidlin also appointed Miami lawyer Richard Milstein to represent Dannielynn's interests in the local court, a move that raised objections from lawyers for Smith's mother as well as her longtime partner, Howard Stern.
As Dannielynn's legal guardian, Mr Milstein said he was seeking two things for the child: to ensure a there was a place where she could visit her mother's grave, and to ensure she never had to know about the media and legal tussle over her life.
The girl could be awarded up to $US500 million ($A650 million) if a court rules that Smith can posthumously inherit the fortune of her late husband, an oil magnate who died in 1995.
Last year the US Supreme Court affirmed Smith's right to pursue the matter and, depending on the outcome, Dannielynn could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, sat silently through yesterday's hearings.
Ms Arthur is asking that Smith's body be buried in her native Texas, while Stern's lawyers say she wished to be interred in the Bahamas, beside her son Daniel, 20, who died suddenly last year.
Anna Nicole Smith saga hots up | Herald Sun
ALTHOUGH lawyers have agreed Anna Nicole Smith's body should be embalmed, the legal wrangling over her affairs has a long way to go before she is buried.
An ever-growing crowd of lawyers was due to resume arguments in probate and family courts in Florida yesterday over Smith's body, how blood and tissue samples will be used in paternity tests and who will get custody of her infant daughter.
Yesterday's probate court hearing -- seemingly as surreal as Smith's remarkable life -- took loopy, and at times comic, turns amid bickering.
At one point, after several rounds of repetitive, high-pitched arguments over DNA testing, a lawyer blurted out what may have been on the minds of many assembled in court.
"This is wacko!" shouted John O'Quinn, a Texan lawyer representing Smith's mother. "Wacko!"
Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin -- himself denounced on cable TV news shows for his casual manner and off-the-cuff pronouncements -- often reminded participants of the central concern.
"In the maze that we're in, the centre is the child," he said. Earlier, he had an assistant scrawl the word "child" on a large pad set on an easel to keep the needs of Smith's five-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, in mind.
Judge Seidlin also appointed Miami lawyer Richard Milstein to represent Dannielynn's interests in the local court, a move that raised objections from lawyers for Smith's mother as well as her longtime partner, Howard Stern.
As Dannielynn's legal guardian, Mr Milstein said he was seeking two things for the child: to ensure a there was a place where she could visit her mother's grave, and to ensure she never had to know about the media and legal tussle over her life.
The girl could be awarded up to $US500 million ($A650 million) if a court rules that Smith can posthumously inherit the fortune of her late husband, an oil magnate who died in 1995.
Last year the US Supreme Court affirmed Smith's right to pursue the matter and, depending on the outcome, Dannielynn could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, sat silently through yesterday's hearings.
Ms Arthur is asking that Smith's body be buried in her native Texas, while Stern's lawyers say she wished to be interred in the Bahamas, beside her son Daniel, 20, who died suddenly last year.
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Smith's estate left to dead son
Smith's estate left to dead son | Herald Sun
Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith wanted her now dead son to inherit her estate, according to a will released today amid legal wrangling over the body of the billionaire's widow who died last week.
The will, which named Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern as the executor of her estate, raised new questions in the tangled and at times bizarre case that has kept the controversial celebrity in the morgue since her February 8 death.
The document was released after a Florida judge ordered the embalming of her body, as lawyers for Stern and Smith's estranged mother argued over whether the late model should be buried in her native Texas or in the Bahamas.
The will is dated 2001, five years before Smith's son Daniel died in the Bahamas. His still-unexplained death came three days after the birth of Smith's daughter Danielynn, whom Stern and other men claim to have fathered.
``Except as otherwise provided in this will, I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children,'' the will states.
But it also mentions that Stern should hold the estate in trust for incremental distribution to ``my children,'' who would receive one-third of the capital and interest at age 25, another third when they reach 30 and the remainder at 35.
Lawyers for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, argued that the will, presented at a hearing Friday, was invalid because it was not filed in a court at the time.
Stern has been ordered to travel from the Bahamas to attend another hearing on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, near the hotel where Smith died at the age of 39 in circumstances police are still investigating.
Stern, who lived with Smith and her daughter in a mansion in Nassau, claims the former Playboy model wanted to be buried near her Bahamas home, alongside her son.
The order for the body to be embalmed was issued during Friday's hearing, which was surrounded by the same media frenzy that marked the life of the late buxom blonde, who had married a wheelchair-bound, 89-year-old oil billionaire when she was 26.
``I want to maintain the beauty and dignity of Anna Nicole Smith,'' Judge Larry Seidlin said as he issued the order.
But he made it clear, at a hearing attended by Smith's mother, that the human remains could not be released until it is determined where she would be buried.
He expressed hope the issue would be resolved promptly so the reality TV show star can finally rest in peace.
``I want peace and tranquillity not only for the dead but also for the living who want to visit her grave,'' he said.
The burial has also been delayed by rival claims by Stern and Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead over the paternity of Smith's five-month-old baby.
In another twist, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Frederic von Anhalt, on Thursday asked a Los Angeles court to recognise he was the baby's father.
The paternity case is being tried in California, but questions over samples taken from Smith's body for DNA testing also contributed to keeping her human remains at the morgue.
The local medical examiner on Thursday took a swab of the body to provide additional material for DNA testing in the paternity suit, after he had earlier taken bone and blood samples.
Police are still investigating what caused Smith to collapse and die at a hotel in Hollywood, Florida -- thousands of kilometres from the star-studded California city of the same name.
The local sheriff's office said Friday that embalming ``would not compromise any future criminal investigation.''
Smith's estate left to dead son | Herald Sun
Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith wanted her now dead son to inherit her estate, according to a will released today amid legal wrangling over the body of the billionaire's widow who died last week.
The will, which named Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern as the executor of her estate, raised new questions in the tangled and at times bizarre case that has kept the controversial celebrity in the morgue since her February 8 death.
The document was released after a Florida judge ordered the embalming of her body, as lawyers for Stern and Smith's estranged mother argued over whether the late model should be buried in her native Texas or in the Bahamas.
The will is dated 2001, five years before Smith's son Daniel died in the Bahamas. His still-unexplained death came three days after the birth of Smith's daughter Danielynn, whom Stern and other men claim to have fathered.
``Except as otherwise provided in this will, I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children,'' the will states.
But it also mentions that Stern should hold the estate in trust for incremental distribution to ``my children,'' who would receive one-third of the capital and interest at age 25, another third when they reach 30 and the remainder at 35.
Lawyers for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, argued that the will, presented at a hearing Friday, was invalid because it was not filed in a court at the time.
Stern has been ordered to travel from the Bahamas to attend another hearing on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, near the hotel where Smith died at the age of 39 in circumstances police are still investigating.
Stern, who lived with Smith and her daughter in a mansion in Nassau, claims the former Playboy model wanted to be buried near her Bahamas home, alongside her son.
The order for the body to be embalmed was issued during Friday's hearing, which was surrounded by the same media frenzy that marked the life of the late buxom blonde, who had married a wheelchair-bound, 89-year-old oil billionaire when she was 26.
``I want to maintain the beauty and dignity of Anna Nicole Smith,'' Judge Larry Seidlin said as he issued the order.
But he made it clear, at a hearing attended by Smith's mother, that the human remains could not be released until it is determined where she would be buried.
He expressed hope the issue would be resolved promptly so the reality TV show star can finally rest in peace.
``I want peace and tranquillity not only for the dead but also for the living who want to visit her grave,'' he said.
The burial has also been delayed by rival claims by Stern and Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead over the paternity of Smith's five-month-old baby.
In another twist, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Frederic von Anhalt, on Thursday asked a Los Angeles court to recognise he was the baby's father.
The paternity case is being tried in California, but questions over samples taken from Smith's body for DNA testing also contributed to keeping her human remains at the morgue.
The local medical examiner on Thursday took a swab of the body to provide additional material for DNA testing in the paternity suit, after he had earlier taken bone and blood samples.
Police are still investigating what caused Smith to collapse and die at a hotel in Hollywood, Florida -- thousands of kilometres from the star-studded California city of the same name.
The local sheriff's office said Friday that embalming ``would not compromise any future criminal investigation.''
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Anna Nicole's estate left to dead son
Anna Nicole's estate left to dead son | Herald Sun
Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith wanted her now dead son to inherit her estate,
according to a will released today amid legal wrangling over the body of the billionaire's widow who died in Florida last week.
The will, which named Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern as the executor of her estate, raised new questions in the tangled and at times bizarre case that has kept the controversial celebrity in the morgue since her February 8 death.
The document was released after a Florida judge ordered the embalming of her body, as lawyers for Stern and Smith's estranged mother argued over whether the late model should be buried in her native Texas or in the Bahamas.
The will is dated 2001, five years before Smith's son Daniel died in the Bahamas. His still-unexplained death came three days after the birth of Smith's daughter Danielynn, whom Stern and other men claim to have fathered.
``Except as otherwise provided in this will, I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children,'' the will states.
But it also mentions that Stern should hold the estate in trust for incremental distribution to ``my children,'' who would receive one-third of the capital and interest at age 25, another third when they reach 30 and the remainder at 35.
Lawyers for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, argued that the will, presented at a hearing Friday, was invalid because it was not filed in a court at the time.
Stern has been ordered to travel from the Bahamas to attend another hearing on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, near the hotel where Smith died at the age of 39 in circumstances police are still investigating.
Stern, who lived with Smith and her daughter in a mansion in Nassau, claims the former Playboy model wanted to be buried near her Bahamas home, alongside her son.
The order for the body to be embalmed was issued during Friday's hearing, which was surrounded by the same media frenzy that marked the life of the late buxom blonde, who had married a wheelchair-bound, 89-year-old oil billionaire when she was 26.
``I want to maintain the beauty and dignity of Anna Nicole Smith,'' Judge Larry Seidlin said as he issued the order.
But he made it clear, at a hearing attended by Smith's mother, that the human remains could not be released until it is determined where she would be buried.
He expressed hope the issue would be resolved promptly so the reality TV show star can finally rest in peace.
``I want peace and tranquillity not only for the dead but also for the living who want to visit her grave,'' he said.
The burial has also been delayed by rival claims by Stern and Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead over the paternity of Smith's five-month-old baby.
In another twist, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Frederic von Anhalt, on Thursday asked a Los Angeles court to recognise he was the baby's father.
The paternity case is being tried in California, but questions over samples taken from Smith's body for DNA testing also contributed to keeping her human remains at the morgue.
The local medical examiner on Thursday took a swab of the body to provide additional material for DNA testing in the paternity suit, after he had earlier taken bone and blood samples.
Police are still investigating what caused Smith to collapse and die at a hotel in Hollywood, Florida -- thousands of kilometres from the star-studded California city of the same name.
The local sheriff's office said Friday that embalming ``would not compromise any future criminal investigation.''
Anna Nicole's estate left to dead son | Herald Sun
Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith wanted her now dead son to inherit her estate,
according to a will released today amid legal wrangling over the body of the billionaire's widow who died in Florida last week.
The will, which named Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern as the executor of her estate, raised new questions in the tangled and at times bizarre case that has kept the controversial celebrity in the morgue since her February 8 death.
The document was released after a Florida judge ordered the embalming of her body, as lawyers for Stern and Smith's estranged mother argued over whether the late model should be buried in her native Texas or in the Bahamas.
The will is dated 2001, five years before Smith's son Daniel died in the Bahamas. His still-unexplained death came three days after the birth of Smith's daughter Danielynn, whom Stern and other men claim to have fathered.
``Except as otherwise provided in this will, I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children,'' the will states.
But it also mentions that Stern should hold the estate in trust for incremental distribution to ``my children,'' who would receive one-third of the capital and interest at age 25, another third when they reach 30 and the remainder at 35.
Lawyers for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, argued that the will, presented at a hearing Friday, was invalid because it was not filed in a court at the time.
Stern has been ordered to travel from the Bahamas to attend another hearing on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, near the hotel where Smith died at the age of 39 in circumstances police are still investigating.
Stern, who lived with Smith and her daughter in a mansion in Nassau, claims the former Playboy model wanted to be buried near her Bahamas home, alongside her son.
The order for the body to be embalmed was issued during Friday's hearing, which was surrounded by the same media frenzy that marked the life of the late buxom blonde, who had married a wheelchair-bound, 89-year-old oil billionaire when she was 26.
``I want to maintain the beauty and dignity of Anna Nicole Smith,'' Judge Larry Seidlin said as he issued the order.
But he made it clear, at a hearing attended by Smith's mother, that the human remains could not be released until it is determined where she would be buried.
He expressed hope the issue would be resolved promptly so the reality TV show star can finally rest in peace.
``I want peace and tranquillity not only for the dead but also for the living who want to visit her grave,'' he said.
The burial has also been delayed by rival claims by Stern and Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead over the paternity of Smith's five-month-old baby.
In another twist, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Frederic von Anhalt, on Thursday asked a Los Angeles court to recognise he was the baby's father.
The paternity case is being tried in California, but questions over samples taken from Smith's body for DNA testing also contributed to keeping her human remains at the morgue.
The local medical examiner on Thursday took a swab of the body to provide additional material for DNA testing in the paternity suit, after he had earlier taken bone and blood samples.
Police are still investigating what caused Smith to collapse and die at a hotel in Hollywood, Florida -- thousands of kilometres from the star-studded California city of the same name.
The local sheriff's office said Friday that embalming ``would not compromise any future criminal investigation.''
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Anna Nicole Smith 'wanted a sexy baby'
Anna Nicole Smith 'wanted a sexy baby' | Herald Sun
AS the battle for Anna-Nicole Smith's billion-dollar baby continues, allegations have emerged the former Playboy model underfed her five-month-old daughter Dannielynn in order to keep the little girl "sexy".
The claims were made in an affidavit made by Smith's former nanny Quethlie Alexis in the Bahamas on December 4 last year.
"Ms Marshall (Smith's real name) was obsessed with making sure that her baby was 'sexy'," the document, obtained by website TMZ.com, reads.
"Ms Marshall knew that the correct amount of baby food was three ounces every three hours ... Ms Marshall insisted that the maximum I was to give was 2.5 ounces (70.8g)."
Ms Alexis claimed that Smith, who struggled with her weight throughout her life, enforced the order by "making sure the baby monitor was kept on all the time".
Included in Ms Alexis's affidavit were details of two failed suicide attempts by Smith: "On the first occasion, she drank an entire bottle of what I believed to be a sleeping aid."
Ms Alexis claimed that when Smith woke up from the resulting 48-hour coma, she said "I wanted to die ... I meant to kill myself."
Ms Alexis also claimed Smith tried to drown herself in a swimming pool but was saved by her companion, lawyer Howard K. Stern.
Meanwhile, the legal battle over the fate of Smith's remains gripped the Broward Courthouse overnight as a parade of lawyers filed motions on behalf of three different parties seeking control of the body.
Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin has ordered that another DNA sample be taken from Anna Nicole Smith's body, according to an AP report, with a swab of the ex-model's cheek to be taken during a lunchtime break, despite objections from lawyers representing Howard K. Stern, and her estranged mother, Vergie Arthur.
Broward County medical examiner Dr Joshua Perper and DNA experts had also testified that an extra sample was not needed, according to reports.
But Judge Seidlin said he wanted to make sure all samples were taken before Smith was buried, so her body would not have to be exhumed. "When we bury her, I want it to be forever," he said, according to AP.
Mr Stern wants to bury her in the Bahamas; her mother wants to take her home to Texas; and her ex-boyfriend wants DNA samples to use in a paternity test.
Earlier the hearings bounced between two different courtrooms with a horde of media in tow, with all parties agreeing that Broward County Judge Larry Seidlin, of the probate division, would decide who should rightfully gain custody of the remains.
"This body is not leaving Broward County," Mr Seidlin said.
"I'm not releasing the body. The body belongs to me now."
Smith, 39, died on February 8 after collapsing in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Authorities are still awaiting tests to determine what killed her.
A year after she was named Playmate of the Year in 1993, Smith married Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II. He was 89 and she was 26.
She had fought with his family over his fortune since his 1995 death. Young Dannielynn stands to inherit millions of dollars.
Meanwhile, the third man claiming to be Dannielynn's father, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, said he would file a paternity suit and ask for DNA testing.
For now, Smith's body remains in cold storage at the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office.
Anna Nicole Smith 'wanted a sexy baby' | Herald Sun
AS the battle for Anna-Nicole Smith's billion-dollar baby continues, allegations have emerged the former Playboy model underfed her five-month-old daughter Dannielynn in order to keep the little girl "sexy".
The claims were made in an affidavit made by Smith's former nanny Quethlie Alexis in the Bahamas on December 4 last year.
"Ms Marshall (Smith's real name) was obsessed with making sure that her baby was 'sexy'," the document, obtained by website TMZ.com, reads.
"Ms Marshall knew that the correct amount of baby food was three ounces every three hours ... Ms Marshall insisted that the maximum I was to give was 2.5 ounces (70.8g)."
Ms Alexis claimed that Smith, who struggled with her weight throughout her life, enforced the order by "making sure the baby monitor was kept on all the time".
Included in Ms Alexis's affidavit were details of two failed suicide attempts by Smith: "On the first occasion, she drank an entire bottle of what I believed to be a sleeping aid."
Ms Alexis claimed that when Smith woke up from the resulting 48-hour coma, she said "I wanted to die ... I meant to kill myself."
Ms Alexis also claimed Smith tried to drown herself in a swimming pool but was saved by her companion, lawyer Howard K. Stern.
Meanwhile, the legal battle over the fate of Smith's remains gripped the Broward Courthouse overnight as a parade of lawyers filed motions on behalf of three different parties seeking control of the body.
Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin has ordered that another DNA sample be taken from Anna Nicole Smith's body, according to an AP report, with a swab of the ex-model's cheek to be taken during a lunchtime break, despite objections from lawyers representing Howard K. Stern, and her estranged mother, Vergie Arthur.
Broward County medical examiner Dr Joshua Perper and DNA experts had also testified that an extra sample was not needed, according to reports.
But Judge Seidlin said he wanted to make sure all samples were taken before Smith was buried, so her body would not have to be exhumed. "When we bury her, I want it to be forever," he said, according to AP.
Mr Stern wants to bury her in the Bahamas; her mother wants to take her home to Texas; and her ex-boyfriend wants DNA samples to use in a paternity test.
Earlier the hearings bounced between two different courtrooms with a horde of media in tow, with all parties agreeing that Broward County Judge Larry Seidlin, of the probate division, would decide who should rightfully gain custody of the remains.
"This body is not leaving Broward County," Mr Seidlin said.
"I'm not releasing the body. The body belongs to me now."
Smith, 39, died on February 8 after collapsing in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Authorities are still awaiting tests to determine what killed her.
A year after she was named Playmate of the Year in 1993, Smith married Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II. He was 89 and she was 26.
She had fought with his family over his fortune since his 1995 death. Young Dannielynn stands to inherit millions of dollars.
Meanwhile, the third man claiming to be Dannielynn's father, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, said he would file a paternity suit and ask for DNA testing.
For now, Smith's body remains in cold storage at the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office.
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Anna Nicole left estate to dead son
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Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith wanted her now dead son to inherit her estate, according to a will released today amid legal wrangling over the body of the billionaire's widow who died in Florida last week.
The will, which named Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern as the executor of her estate, raised new questions in the tangled and at times bizarre case that has kept the controversial celebrity in the morgue since her February 8 death.
The document was released after a Florida judge ordered the embalming of her body, as lawyers for Stern and Smith's estranged mother argued over whether the late model should be buried in her native Texas or in the Bahamas.
The will is dated 2001, five years before Smith's son Daniel died in the Bahamas. His still-unexplained death came three days after the birth of Smith's daughter Danielynn, whom Stern and other men claim to have fathered.
"Except as otherwise provided in this will, I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children," the will states.
But it also mentions that Stern should hold the estate in trust for incremental distribution to "my children," who would receive one-third of the capital and interest at age 25, another third when they reach 30 and the remainder at 35.
Lawyers for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, argued that the will, presented at a hearing Friday, was invalid because it was not filed in a court at the time.
Stern has been ordered to travel from the Bahamas to attend another hearing on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, near the hotel where Smith died at the age of 39 in circumstances police are still investigating.
Stern, who lived with Smith and her daughter in a mansion in Nassau, claims the former Playboy model wanted to be buried near her Bahamas home, alongside her son.
The order for the body to be embalmed was issued during Friday's hearing, which was surrounded by the same media frenzy that marked the life of the late buxom blonde, who had married a wheelchair-bound, 89-year-old oil billionaire when she was 26.
"I want to maintain the beauty and dignity of Anna Nicole Smith," Judge Larry Seidlin said as he issued the order.
But he made it clear, at a hearing attended by Smith's mother, that the human remains could not be released until it is determined where she would be buried.
He expressed hope the issue would be resolved promptly so the reality TV show star can finally rest in peace.
"I want peace and tranquillity not only for the dead but also for the living who want to visit her grave," he said.
The burial has also been delayed by rival claims by Stern and Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead over the paternity of Smith's five-month-old baby.
In another twist, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Frederic von Anhalt, on Thursday asked a Los Angeles court to recognise he was the baby's father.
The paternity case is being tried in California, but questions over samples taken from Smith's body for DNA testing also contributed to keeping her human remains at the morgue.
The local medical examiner on Thursday took a swab of the body to provide additional material for DNA testing in the paternity suit, after he had earlier taken bone and blood samples.
Police are still investigating what caused Smith to collapse and die at a hotel in Hollywood, Florida -- thousands of kilometres from the star-studded California city of the same name.
The local sheriff's office said Friday that embalming "would not compromise any future criminal investigation."
The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper.
Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith wanted her now dead son to inherit her estate, according to a will released today amid legal wrangling over the body of the billionaire's widow who died in Florida last week.
The will, which named Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern as the executor of her estate, raised new questions in the tangled and at times bizarre case that has kept the controversial celebrity in the morgue since her February 8 death.
The document was released after a Florida judge ordered the embalming of her body, as lawyers for Stern and Smith's estranged mother argued over whether the late model should be buried in her native Texas or in the Bahamas.
The will is dated 2001, five years before Smith's son Daniel died in the Bahamas. His still-unexplained death came three days after the birth of Smith's daughter Danielynn, whom Stern and other men claim to have fathered.
"Except as otherwise provided in this will, I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children," the will states.
But it also mentions that Stern should hold the estate in trust for incremental distribution to "my children," who would receive one-third of the capital and interest at age 25, another third when they reach 30 and the remainder at 35.
Lawyers for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, argued that the will, presented at a hearing Friday, was invalid because it was not filed in a court at the time.
Stern has been ordered to travel from the Bahamas to attend another hearing on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, near the hotel where Smith died at the age of 39 in circumstances police are still investigating.
Stern, who lived with Smith and her daughter in a mansion in Nassau, claims the former Playboy model wanted to be buried near her Bahamas home, alongside her son.
The order for the body to be embalmed was issued during Friday's hearing, which was surrounded by the same media frenzy that marked the life of the late buxom blonde, who had married a wheelchair-bound, 89-year-old oil billionaire when she was 26.
"I want to maintain the beauty and dignity of Anna Nicole Smith," Judge Larry Seidlin said as he issued the order.
But he made it clear, at a hearing attended by Smith's mother, that the human remains could not be released until it is determined where she would be buried.
He expressed hope the issue would be resolved promptly so the reality TV show star can finally rest in peace.
"I want peace and tranquillity not only for the dead but also for the living who want to visit her grave," he said.
The burial has also been delayed by rival claims by Stern and Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead over the paternity of Smith's five-month-old baby.
In another twist, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Frederic von Anhalt, on Thursday asked a Los Angeles court to recognise he was the baby's father.
The paternity case is being tried in California, but questions over samples taken from Smith's body for DNA testing also contributed to keeping her human remains at the morgue.
The local medical examiner on Thursday took a swab of the body to provide additional material for DNA testing in the paternity suit, after he had earlier taken bone and blood samples.
Police are still investigating what caused Smith to collapse and die at a hotel in Hollywood, Florida -- thousands of kilometres from the star-studded California city of the same name.
The local sheriff's office said Friday that embalming "would not compromise any future criminal investigation."
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Anna Nicole Smith saga hots up
Anna Nicole Smith saga hots up | Sunday Herald Sun
ALTHOUGH lawyers have agreed Anna Nicole Smith's body should be embalmed, the legal wrangling over her affairs has a long way to go before she is buried.
An ever-growing crowd of lawyers was due to resume arguments in probate and family courts in Florida yesterday over Smith's body, how blood and tissue samples will be used in paternity tests and who will get custody of her infant daughter.
Yesterday's probate court hearing -- seemingly as surreal as Smith's remarkable life -- took loopy, and at times comic, turns amid bickering.
At one point, after several rounds of repetitive, high-pitched arguments over DNA testing, a lawyer blurted out what may have been on the minds of many assembled in court.
"This is wacko!" shouted John O'Quinn, a Texan lawyer representing Smith's mother. "Wacko!"
Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin -- himself denounced on cable TV news shows for his casual manner and off-the-cuff pronouncements -- often reminded participants of the central concern.
"In the maze that we're in, the centre is the child," he said. Earlier, he had an assistant scrawl the word "child" on a large pad set on an easel to keep the needs of Smith's five-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, in mind.
Judge Seidlin also appointed Miami lawyer Richard Milstein to represent Dannielynn's interests in the local court, a move that raised objections from lawyers for Smith's mother as well as her longtime partner, Howard Stern.
As Dannielynn's legal guardian, Mr Milstein said he was seeking two things for the child: to ensure a there was a place where she could visit her mother's grave, and to ensure she never had to know about the media and legal tussle over her life.
The girl could be awarded up to $US500 million ($A650 million) if a court rules that Smith can posthumously inherit the fortune of her late husband, an oil magnate who died in 1995.
Last year the US Supreme Court affirmed Smith's right to pursue the matter and, depending on the outcome, Dannielynn could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, sat silently through yesterday's hearings.
Ms Arthur is asking that Smith's body be buried in her native Texas, while Stern's lawyers say she wished to be interred in the Bahamas, beside her son Daniel, 20, who died suddenly last year.
Anna Nicole Smith saga hots up | Sunday Herald Sun
ALTHOUGH lawyers have agreed Anna Nicole Smith's body should be embalmed, the legal wrangling over her affairs has a long way to go before she is buried.
An ever-growing crowd of lawyers was due to resume arguments in probate and family courts in Florida yesterday over Smith's body, how blood and tissue samples will be used in paternity tests and who will get custody of her infant daughter.
Yesterday's probate court hearing -- seemingly as surreal as Smith's remarkable life -- took loopy, and at times comic, turns amid bickering.
At one point, after several rounds of repetitive, high-pitched arguments over DNA testing, a lawyer blurted out what may have been on the minds of many assembled in court.
"This is wacko!" shouted John O'Quinn, a Texan lawyer representing Smith's mother. "Wacko!"
Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin -- himself denounced on cable TV news shows for his casual manner and off-the-cuff pronouncements -- often reminded participants of the central concern.
"In the maze that we're in, the centre is the child," he said. Earlier, he had an assistant scrawl the word "child" on a large pad set on an easel to keep the needs of Smith's five-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, in mind.
Judge Seidlin also appointed Miami lawyer Richard Milstein to represent Dannielynn's interests in the local court, a move that raised objections from lawyers for Smith's mother as well as her longtime partner, Howard Stern.
As Dannielynn's legal guardian, Mr Milstein said he was seeking two things for the child: to ensure a there was a place where she could visit her mother's grave, and to ensure she never had to know about the media and legal tussle over her life.
The girl could be awarded up to $US500 million ($A650 million) if a court rules that Smith can posthumously inherit the fortune of her late husband, an oil magnate who died in 1995.
Last year the US Supreme Court affirmed Smith's right to pursue the matter and, depending on the outcome, Dannielynn could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, sat silently through yesterday's hearings.
Ms Arthur is asking that Smith's body be buried in her native Texas, while Stern's lawyers say she wished to be interred in the Bahamas, beside her son Daniel, 20, who died suddenly last year.
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Kidnapping fears for Dannielynn
Kidnapping fears for Dannielynn | Sunday Herald Sun
THE late Anna Nicole Smith's "companion" and lawyer Howard K. Stern is reportedly anxious that Smith's daughter will be kidnapped.
Mr Stern, who is also thought to be the father of Dannielynn, holds "great anxiety" that someone will attempt to kidnap her, his attorney Ron Rale said.
But an attorney for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, shrugged off the security concerns, saying Smith and Mr Stern were not worried about leaving Dannielynn when they made a recent trip to South Florida to purchase a boat.
Meanwhile, Smith's was finally embalmed today after spending a week in a morgue.
A judge in Florida last night gave the the go-ahead for the body to be embalmed , but a decision about releasing her for burial is still days away.
Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin said the embalming would take place at the Broward Medical Examiner's Office where Smith's body has been stored since she died on February 8 at a Florida casino hotel of unexplained causes, aged 39.
"I want to maintain the beauty and dignity of Anna Nicole Smith," Judge Seidlin said.
The medical examiner's office in Dania Beach, Florida, had warned that her corpse was beginning to decompose. But Smith's body has been hostage to several disputes.
Mr Stern wants her buried in the Bahamas next to her son, who died at age 20 last year. A private forensics expert hired by Smith said her son's death was likely due to a dangerous mix of prescription drugs.
Smith's mother, long estranged from the former topless dancer and billionaire's widow, wants her buried in her home state of Texas.
Meanwhile, Smith's 2001 will, made public today, revealed that she left her entire estate to her son and named Mr Stern to guard the trust until Daniel turned 25. It is unclear how his death will affect the will.
Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin ordered Mr Stern to show up in court next Tuesday to discuss what he knows about Smith's wishes for burial.
Since her death, he has been staying in the Bahamas with Dannielynn. The three were living there when Smith died on a visit to Florida.
Another attorney for Mr Stern, Krista Barth, said a court in the Bahamas would handle the will.
Under Bahamian law, the executor of a will has the right to decide where and how the deceased will be buried.
Kidnapping fears for Dannielynn | Sunday Herald Sun
THE late Anna Nicole Smith's "companion" and lawyer Howard K. Stern is reportedly anxious that Smith's daughter will be kidnapped.
Mr Stern, who is also thought to be the father of Dannielynn, holds "great anxiety" that someone will attempt to kidnap her, his attorney Ron Rale said.
But an attorney for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, shrugged off the security concerns, saying Smith and Mr Stern were not worried about leaving Dannielynn when they made a recent trip to South Florida to purchase a boat.
Meanwhile, Smith's was finally embalmed today after spending a week in a morgue.
A judge in Florida last night gave the the go-ahead for the body to be embalmed , but a decision about releasing her for burial is still days away.
Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin said the embalming would take place at the Broward Medical Examiner's Office where Smith's body has been stored since she died on February 8 at a Florida casino hotel of unexplained causes, aged 39.
"I want to maintain the beauty and dignity of Anna Nicole Smith," Judge Seidlin said.
The medical examiner's office in Dania Beach, Florida, had warned that her corpse was beginning to decompose. But Smith's body has been hostage to several disputes.
Mr Stern wants her buried in the Bahamas next to her son, who died at age 20 last year. A private forensics expert hired by Smith said her son's death was likely due to a dangerous mix of prescription drugs.
Smith's mother, long estranged from the former topless dancer and billionaire's widow, wants her buried in her home state of Texas.
Meanwhile, Smith's 2001 will, made public today, revealed that she left her entire estate to her son and named Mr Stern to guard the trust until Daniel turned 25. It is unclear how his death will affect the will.
Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin ordered Mr Stern to show up in court next Tuesday to discuss what he knows about Smith's wishes for burial.
Since her death, he has been staying in the Bahamas with Dannielynn. The three were living there when Smith died on a visit to Florida.
Another attorney for Mr Stern, Krista Barth, said a court in the Bahamas would handle the will.
Under Bahamian law, the executor of a will has the right to decide where and how the deceased will be buried.
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Former playmate left estate to late son
Former playmate left estate to late son | Sunday Herald Sun
IN a will signed on July 30, 2001, former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith left her estate to her late son, Daniel, and appointed her lawyer and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, as the trustee.
Daniel Wayne Smith, who was a minor at the time the will was written, died last year at age 20 of what a private medical examiner said was a possible deadly mixture of prescription drugs.
The will specifically excluded any spouse from inheritance and revoked the inheritance of anyone who contested the will, which did not appear to immediately resolve any of the court battles taking place over her body, her burial or the paternity of her 5-month-old daughter.
Judge orders embalming
A judge in Florida has overnight given the go-ahead for the body of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith to be embalmed, but a decision about releasing her for burial is days away.
Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin said the embalming would take place on Friday (Saturday, AEDT) at the Broward Medical Examiner's Office where Smith's body has been stored since she died on February 8 at a Florida casino hotel of unexplained causes, aged 39.
"I want to maintain the beauty and dignity of Anna Nicole Smith," Judge Seidlin said.
The medical examiner's office in Dania Beach, Florida, had warned that her corpse was beginning to decompose. But Smith's body has been hostage to several disputes.
Her lawyer and companion, Howard K. Stern, wants her buried in the Bahamas next to her son, who died at age 20 last year. A private forensics expert hired by Smith said her son's death was likely due to a dangerous mix of prescription drugs.
Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, long estranged from the former topless dancer and billionaire's widow, wants her buried in her home state of Texas.
Meanwhile, Smith's estate is the subject of a paternity suit. Her estate could one day be worth half a billion dollars if a separate, decade-long courtroom battle to inherit the fortune of her ex-husband, oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall, prevails.
Former boyfriend Larry Birkhead claims to be the father of Smith's 5-month-old baby, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, who was born in the Bahamas three days before Daniel Smith died. Stern, however, is listed as the father on the birth certificate.
Stern's lawyers have overnight handed the court in Fort Lauderdale what they said was Smith's will. Its contents were not immediately revealed.
Judge Seidlin ordered Stern to appear in his court to testify on Tuesday, but ended Friday's hearing with a number of issues unresolved, including whether his court would have jurisdiction in the paternity case and who would have the right to bury Smith.
But he said he wanted to decide the burial issue on Tuesday.
"I want to put to rest Ms. Smith's body," Seidlin said. "I want her to have the peace and tranquillity that she deserves."
Former playmate left estate to late son | Sunday Herald Sun
IN a will signed on July 30, 2001, former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith left her estate to her late son, Daniel, and appointed her lawyer and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, as the trustee.
Daniel Wayne Smith, who was a minor at the time the will was written, died last year at age 20 of what a private medical examiner said was a possible deadly mixture of prescription drugs.
The will specifically excluded any spouse from inheritance and revoked the inheritance of anyone who contested the will, which did not appear to immediately resolve any of the court battles taking place over her body, her burial or the paternity of her 5-month-old daughter.
Judge orders embalming
A judge in Florida has overnight given the go-ahead for the body of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith to be embalmed, but a decision about releasing her for burial is days away.
Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin said the embalming would take place on Friday (Saturday, AEDT) at the Broward Medical Examiner's Office where Smith's body has been stored since she died on February 8 at a Florida casino hotel of unexplained causes, aged 39.
"I want to maintain the beauty and dignity of Anna Nicole Smith," Judge Seidlin said.
The medical examiner's office in Dania Beach, Florida, had warned that her corpse was beginning to decompose. But Smith's body has been hostage to several disputes.
Her lawyer and companion, Howard K. Stern, wants her buried in the Bahamas next to her son, who died at age 20 last year. A private forensics expert hired by Smith said her son's death was likely due to a dangerous mix of prescription drugs.
Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, long estranged from the former topless dancer and billionaire's widow, wants her buried in her home state of Texas.
Meanwhile, Smith's estate is the subject of a paternity suit. Her estate could one day be worth half a billion dollars if a separate, decade-long courtroom battle to inherit the fortune of her ex-husband, oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall, prevails.
Former boyfriend Larry Birkhead claims to be the father of Smith's 5-month-old baby, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, who was born in the Bahamas three days before Daniel Smith died. Stern, however, is listed as the father on the birth certificate.
Stern's lawyers have overnight handed the court in Fort Lauderdale what they said was Smith's will. Its contents were not immediately revealed.
Judge Seidlin ordered Stern to appear in his court to testify on Tuesday, but ended Friday's hearing with a number of issues unresolved, including whether his court would have jurisdiction in the paternity case and who would have the right to bury Smith.
But he said he wanted to decide the burial issue on Tuesday.
"I want to put to rest Ms. Smith's body," Seidlin said. "I want her to have the peace and tranquillity that she deserves."
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Smith's will in disarray
Smith's will in disarray | Sunday Herald Sun
ANNA Nicole Smith's will reveals she wanted to leave everything she owned to son Daniel and appears to disinherit her five-month-old daughter Danniellynn.
In the latest twist to the Smith saga, the celebrity's will says she did not want any of her property or assets to go to future husbands or children.
"Except as otherwise provided in this will, I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children and other descendants now living and those hereafter born or adopted as well as existing and future stepchildren and foster children," the 17-page document reveals.
But other parts of the will refer to Smith's children, instructing the executor to manage the estate "such that my children are distributed sufficiently for their health, education and support".
The will, in Smith's real name of Vicky Lynn Marshall, was signed on July 30, 2001. The date is significant because it was before 20-year-old Daniel died in the Bahamas in September last year and the birth a few days earlier of Danniellynn.
Legal experts say the document appears to disinherit Smith's daughter, but, because her son Daniel is not alive, a battle over Smith's assets is now guaranteed to go to the courts.
Lawyers for Smith's estranged mother, Vergie Arthur, yesterday claimed the will was invalid because it was not filed in court.
Smith's assets potentially include a slice of the $2 billion estate left by her late billionaire husband.
She spent more than 10 years fighting for her share of J. Howard Marshall's estate, winning $604 million in a court battle before the decision was overturned. The legal action is still before the courts.
The 39-year-old model and actor died on February 8 in Florida. An early autopsy has failed to pinpoint the cause of death, but Smith was seen partying hard in the bar before her collapse.
Investigators found so many bottles of prescription drugs in her hotel room they likened it to a pharmacist's shop.
The former Playboy Playmate of the Year's will names her companion Howard K. Stern as the executor, giving him full authority over her assets and property. It says her property is to be held in trust for Daniel.
Smith does not say where she wanted to be buried.
Mr Stern and Ms Arthur have spent the past three days fighting in court over her final resting place.
Mr Stern wants her buried in the Bahamas next to Daniel, but Ms Arthur wants her buried in the family plot in Texas.
Smith's will in disarray | Sunday Herald Sun
ANNA Nicole Smith's will reveals she wanted to leave everything she owned to son Daniel and appears to disinherit her five-month-old daughter Danniellynn.
In the latest twist to the Smith saga, the celebrity's will says she did not want any of her property or assets to go to future husbands or children.
"Except as otherwise provided in this will, I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse and other heirs, including future spouses and children and other descendants now living and those hereafter born or adopted as well as existing and future stepchildren and foster children," the 17-page document reveals.
But other parts of the will refer to Smith's children, instructing the executor to manage the estate "such that my children are distributed sufficiently for their health, education and support".
The will, in Smith's real name of Vicky Lynn Marshall, was signed on July 30, 2001. The date is significant because it was before 20-year-old Daniel died in the Bahamas in September last year and the birth a few days earlier of Danniellynn.
Legal experts say the document appears to disinherit Smith's daughter, but, because her son Daniel is not alive, a battle over Smith's assets is now guaranteed to go to the courts.
Lawyers for Smith's estranged mother, Vergie Arthur, yesterday claimed the will was invalid because it was not filed in court.
Smith's assets potentially include a slice of the $2 billion estate left by her late billionaire husband.
She spent more than 10 years fighting for her share of J. Howard Marshall's estate, winning $604 million in a court battle before the decision was overturned. The legal action is still before the courts.
The 39-year-old model and actor died on February 8 in Florida. An early autopsy has failed to pinpoint the cause of death, but Smith was seen partying hard in the bar before her collapse.
Investigators found so many bottles of prescription drugs in her hotel room they likened it to a pharmacist's shop.
The former Playboy Playmate of the Year's will names her companion Howard K. Stern as the executor, giving him full authority over her assets and property. It says her property is to be held in trust for Daniel.
Smith does not say where she wanted to be buried.
Mr Stern and Ms Arthur have spent the past three days fighting in court over her final resting place.
Mr Stern wants her buried in the Bahamas next to Daniel, but Ms Arthur wants her buried in the family plot in Texas.
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Accord German medias...
They suspect that Howard put something in drink to kill Anna´s son and Anna. They said 4 months distance is pretty illogical...
They suspect that Howard put something in drink to kill Anna´s son and Anna. They said 4 months distance is pretty illogical...
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I am sorry but I amfrom all these lonnnggg posts. I cant read them all.
Yeah, I agree with you.
Accord German medias...
They suspect that Howard put something in drink to kill Anna´s son and Anna. They said 4 months distance is pretty illogical...
I was suspect Howard. I watch news but don't remember which is channel. Anyway Lady said he clean out inside the house and she remember see several pills were there. She can hear sound of flush toilet before Bahamas police enter house for search. Police said no found pills or any prescriptions.
Methane pills similar kill Anna and his son. I still not sure actual it is official that pills killed both of them?. <----mixing up story