Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, lost her bid for custody of the Anna’s body on Wednesday as the Appeals Court agreed with Judge Larry Siedlin’s original ruling. The court said that the evidence they were presented clearly shows that Anna wanted to be buried next to her son Daniel, who had passed 5 months ago.
Arthur’s attorney, Tom Pirtle (known as Texas in Siedlin’s courtroom), announced earlier Wednesday night that they will not be appealing the ruling of the Appeals Court. This finally allows Anna Nicole to be laid to rest. Guardian at litem Richard Millstein announced that the funeral will finally be held on Friday in the Bahamas. She will be laid to rest in the Bahamas and as she wished, will be buried next to her son.
Also in a Ft. Lauderdale courtroom, the judge hearing the guardianship issue over Anna Nicole’s daughter said that Florida wants nothing to do with the paternity case because the Bahamian court “has already exercised jurisdiction over the minor child.” He did however rule that the Broward County ME turn over DNA samples from Anna Nicole to Larry Birkhead’s lawyers as well.
Basically that means that Birkhead’s lawyers will have DNA samples from Anna Nicole but not the baby. They will have to wait til the Bahamian court rules to get those samples from the baby.
I for one am glad this whole funeral ordeal is almost over. A dead body deserves respect and no one in this matter has shown that.
FOX News is also reporting that Anna Nicole died from pneumonia and not drugs.
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