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Judge orders paternity test for Anna Nicole's daughter
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Last Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 | 1:01 PM ET
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A Bahamian judge ordered a DNA test Tuesday on Anna Nicole Smith's
infant daughter to identify the girl's father, an attorney for the
baby's grandmother said, in what could signal an end to a bitter
custody feud sparked by the death of the former reality TV star last
month.
Larry Birkhead, an ex-boyfriend of the Playboy playmate who asked the
judge to order the test on six-month-old Dannielynn, pumped his fists
in the air and jumped up and down as he emerged from the private court
hearing.
Anna Nicole Smith with her daughter, Dannielynn, and Howard K. Stern in the Bahamas last October. Stern is listed as the girl's father on the birth certificate.Anna
Nicole Smith with her daughter, Dannielynn, and Howard K. Stern in
the Bahamas last October. Stern is listed as the girl's father on
the birth certificate.
(Entertainment Tonight/Associated Press)
"It's been a good day in court for me," he told reporters.
Asked whether he thought he would be seeing the girl soon, he only
smiled and winked.
Deborah Rose, an attorney for Smith's mother Virgie Arthur, confirmed
that the judge ordered the test but she and others who attended the
hearing declined to describe the proceedings.
Authorities left the building after the hearing and could not
immediately be reached for comment.
Smith's most recent companion, Howard K. Stern, who is listed as the
father on the girl's birth certificate, left the courthouse in a black
sport utility vehicle as Birkhead greeted a crowd of cheering
tourists.
Smith, 39, died Feb. 8 after collapsing in a Florida hotel.
Authorities have not disclosed the cause.
Stern has been caring for the girl in the gated, waterfront home where
he lived with Smith in the months before she died. The Bahamian courts
have ordered Stern not to leave the country with the girl before a
custody ruling.
Arthur wants to take Dannielynn from Stern, arguing she could provide
a more stable home. She did not speak as she exited the courthouse and
left in a white limousine.
Birkhead, a Los Angeles photographer, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles
in October seeking a court order to demand Smith bring the baby to
California for a test. A judge ruled in his favour in December, but
efforts by his legal team to secure a DNA sample have not been
successful.
The girl, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, could inherit millions from
the estate of Smith's late husband, Texas oil tycoon J. Howard
Marshall II. Smith had been fighting his family over his estimated
$500 million US fortune since his death in 1995.
Frederic von Anhalt, the husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, also says he may be
Dannielynn's father. Last month, he too filed legal documents seeking
a DNA test to determine whether he is the father.
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