Custody fight over Anna Nicole’s baby girl
One day we’ll be done with hearing about all this. I promise.
Custody negotiations over Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daughter intensified behind the scenes as a court confrontation loomed Friday between the late Playboy Playmate’s mother and former boyfriend.
An agreement on joint visitation could avert a closed hearing scheduled for Friday afternoon to decide custody of seven-month-old Dannielynn, who could inherit a fortune from her mother’s estate.
Lawyers for Larry Birkhead, who is the baby’s father, and Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, met privately on Thursday.
Birkhead, a California photographer who discovered he was the girl’s father when DNA test results were disclosed on Tuesday, said he would not share custody of the baby girl, but hoped to avoid a court dispute. Arthur’s lawyer said she would fight for joint custody if talks fail.
"We intend to proceed on that application unless something else comes along that causes us not to have to take that course of action," attorney Debra Rose said.
Arthur says wants access to her granddaughter and believes an agreement was possible with Birkhead, whom she called "a good guy."
The baby has been living in an oceanfront home with Smith’s former companion, Howard K. Stern, who was listed on the birth certificate as the father but gave up his custody claim after the DNA results were released.
Smith gave birth to Dannielynn in September in a Bahamas hospital, days before her 20-year-old son, Daniel, died from a lethal combination of drugs at her bedside. Smith died in Florida in February at age 39, also from a lethal combination of drugs.
Legal wrangling continues over the estate of Smith’s late husband, the Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, who died in 1995. It remains unclear how much, if any, of the $500 million estate Dannielynn could obtain and whether her guardian would have access to the money.
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2 opinions for Custody fight over Anna Nicole’s baby girl
Sandra
Apr 13, 2007 at 17:38
This is ridiculous, the average grandmother does not have joint custody of her grandchildren. A grandmother normally spends time with her grandchildren, but why does Virgie think she’s different than any other grandmother…….the child needs to be with his biological father, Larry Birkhead, he needs sole custody and he had already said he has no problem with her visiting and spending time with her grandchild. There is NO reason in the world she needs to have joint custody unless it’s just all about the money, cause she’s repeatedly said how Larry is a good guy and will make a good father. Besides, her daugther was so adament about her not seeing her at all, I feel there must have been a good reason for that. Considering that she should be thankful that Larry is willing to let her spend time with the child. Virgie thinks she’ll get part of Danielynn’s inheritance from the Marshall Estate….which may not even happen.
catrina yarnell
Apr 28, 2007 at 05:17
i feel everyone needs to get on from this subjest. the baby has a daddy and she should be with her daddy.
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