Anna Nicole's Daughter To Inherit Estate
Judge Rules Dannielynn Is Sole Heir, Sets Up Trust In Her Name
9LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2008
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This file photo shows Anna Nicole Smith holding her daughter Dannielynn Hope, and Howard K. Stern during a interview with "Entertainment Tonight" celebrity show at the couple's home in the Bahamas on Oct. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Entertainment Tonight)
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(AP) A Los Angeles judge has not only made 18-month-old Dannielynn Hope the sole heir of Anna Nicole Smith's estate, but also set up a trust in the girl's name.
Her father, Larry Birkhead, and Smith's executor, Harry K. Stern, will be co-trustees.
Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff granted a petition filed by Stern, who wanted to clarify Smith's intentions toward her daughter. Smith drafted a will in 2001 - five years before the child was born - that left her estate to her then only child, Daniel. However, it said the assets in Daniel's trust should be shared equally if she had future children.
Daniel was 20 when he died in 2006, three days after Dannielynn was born.Photos: Dannielynn's Daddy
"We and Mr. Stern always believed that Anna Nicole never intended to disinherit her daughter," Stern's lawyer, Bruce S. Ross, said after the hearing. "I'm pleased to say this chapter in the saga is closed."
Dannielynn could inherit millions of dollars if the estate wins an ongoing court fight over a will by Smith's wealthy second husband, J. Howard Marshall, that left much of his fortune to the model. His relatives have been fighting the will for years.
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If your 80-year-old divorced father gets married again to a 45-year-old slimey golddigger *** & wants to leave everything he has to her in his will, that''s his business. If you only inherit his college yearbook & purple heart medal then that''s just too bad. Was the will valid?
If the answer is yes then you shouldn''t be allowed to fight it in court til the cows come home.
"Money doesn''t buy happiness!" You''ll never hear a poor person say that. Don''t date, men. Just go from one-night stand to one-night stand. The woman is gonna drive you nuts if you stay with her for too long. You know that. Nature of the beast.
[Posted by user168 at 05:07 PM : Mar 04, 2008]
she''s not in the will.
If the marriage is legal, and if the will by J. Howard Marshall is legally written, I don''t see why the relatives have to fight the will. Get over that kind of hatred. If J. M. Marshall was willing to marry Anna Nicole and put her in the will, that''s his wish. Why can''t that marriage be treated just like any other marriage. Without fairing the dead, I know not how you fair the living?