Anna Nicole's Daughter To Inherit Estate

(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.

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Photos: Dannielynn's Daddy

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Daniel was 20 when he died in 2006, three days after Dannielynn was born.

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Photos: Anna Nicole Smith

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"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."

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Photos: Tragic Blondes

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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.

[keithle1]

Stop posting this dating site spam. No one cares. Since when are women interested in poor men?

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.

[misssuzq]

Hopefully the courts will oversee any funds for the little girl so that it is not pi$$ed away.

[keithle1]

I hope she didn''t inherit Mom''s brain & personality.

"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.

[dylanxxv]

The only thing birkhead is doing is w hor ing this little girl out to the tv tabloid shows...He''s a disgrace...

[Syndicate]

The best thing for this child would be to find a loving home for her and give all the money to charity. This money will ruin her life because everyone will do anything to control her in order to control her money. Poor child. I wish her the best. She will need it.

[bobnjersey]

[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. ]
[Posted by user168 at 05:07 PM : Mar 04, 2008]

she''s not in the will.

[cpaide]

larry birkhead and howard "harry" stern need to get jobs and quit living off of a dead woman and her dead son and her helpless little daughter. watch and the little girl will be dead as soon as she is old enough to control the money--just like the son.

[bluespetal]

Money doesn''t buy happiness, in fact, Anna Nicole and H J Marshall''s son (may they both rest in peace) spent over ten years of their lives fighting for money that neither will ever get to spend or enjoy. I hope that the love of money does not rule this childs life, and the lives of those who are entrusted with her care. There is nothing that takes the place of love, God, family and friends. I hope that the lesson this little girl learns, and lives is that one.

[user168-2009]

"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."

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?