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12 février, 2007 14:29
Anna Nicole Smith Leaves Behind a Legal Tangle
Linda Deutsch
The Associated Press
02-12-2007
With major legal issues undecided, Anna Nicole Smith's legacy could take years to untangle and could leave her baby daughter with millions of dollars or nothing at all.
Smith's battle over her late husband J. Howard Marshall II's oil fortune with the family of his son grinds on in Texas. And there is a pending class action suit seeking unspecified damages against Smith and TrimSpa Inc., alleging the company's marketing of a weight-loss pill with Smith as spokeswoman was false and misleading.
A judge on Friday refused to order an emergency DNA test on Smith as part of a paternity suit involving her infant daughter, but he ordered that her body be preserved until a hearing Feb. 20, attorneys said.
Two men are contesting the paternity of 5-month-old daughter Dannielynn, and experts say the custody decision could determine the child's inheritance.
Smith, a former Playboy playmate and tabloid fixture, died Thursday after collapsing at a Florida hotel. She was 39.
Larry Birkhead, a former boyfriend of Smith, claims he is the father of the child. His attorney, Debra Opri, requested Friday's hearing on the DNA test.
The DNA is needed to connect
