Dannielynn Is Anna Nicole Smith’s Sole Heir
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But is there anything to inherit?
Dannielynn was named the sole heir of the estate of Anna Nicole Smith, after her mother’s death left a will that had yet to be revised:
In court papers filed in Superior Court Oct. 18, 2007, Howard K. Stern, the executor of Smith’s estate, sought to clarify Smith’s intentions in her July 2001 will, drafted five years before Dannielynn Hope’s September 2006 birth. (Smith died in February 2007.)
“We and Mr. Stern always believed that Anna Nicole never intended to disinherit her daughter,”‘ Stern’s lawyer, Bruce S. Ross, said after Tuesday’s hearing. “I’m pleased to say this chapter in the saga is closed.”
The toddler could conceivably inherit millions from the fortune of Smith’s late husband, oil man J. Howard Marshall, whose estate is still tied up in litigation in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
In addition to confirming Dannielynn as Anna Nicole’s sole heir, Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff’s ruling also establishes a trust on her behalf with Stern and Birkhead as its co-trustees, Ross said.
Anna Nicole’s original will had her son Daniel as the sole…wait, did that say Howard and Larry are co-trustees of Dannielynn’s trust?
Hot gravy. It makes me wonder if Howard is calculating the age difference and counting up to see how old he will be when little Anna Nicole little Dannielynn turns eighteen. I wanted for a long time to think the best of Howard, but I seriously have my doubts.
Of course it isn’t like anyone who was in Anna Nicole’s life was an upstanding citizen of the community. She had no choice with the family she got stuck with, but of her own free will she managed to surround herself with friends who were competing with her kin for Biggest Loser prizes (and I ain’t talking poundage here).
It’s a crapshoot on whether J. Howard Marshall’s estate will pony up the dough, but in a way I hope they don’t. Maybe then little Dannielynn will have a shot at a relatively normal life (if we can just talk her daddy into keeping her away from those ET cameras).
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Let’s hope this only means good things for that poor baby!
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Comment by Ms. Informed — March 5, 2008 @ 8:44 am
Well, Larry Birkhead has made every effort to pimp her out as much as he can. I’m not sure how I feel about that. On one hand, securing her financial future can’t be a bad thing, but does it have to come at the expense of her privacy and need to live a normal life?
Cute picture btw.
Comment by D — March 5, 2008 @ 12:06 pm
In the long run this declaration as Anna’s heir will be a moot point. Every news segment that I have seen with a credible legal analyst says the same thing…that Anna was not in her former husband’s will and that she never had a legitimate claim and so neither would her heirs.
Comment by belicoso — March 6, 2008 @ 5:35 pm