Florida judge disinclined to take on Anna Nicole case
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A Florida judge added more uncertainty to the paternity battle over Anna Nicole Smith's baby on Friday when he said he wasn't sure he had jurisdiction over the case.
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A Florida appeals court suspended on Monday a lower court ruling that would have allowed the burial of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in the Bahamas, as the battle over her baby shifted to the Bahamian capital.
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Anna Nicole Smith's mother and an ex-boyfriend fought for custody of her infant daughter in court Monday but the judge made no ruling &#151; leaving the baby in the care of the former model's partner Howard K. Stern.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A judge in Florida gave the go-ahead on Friday for the body of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith to be embalmed, but a decision about releasing her for burial is days away.
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By MATT SEDENSKY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend testified Thursday that he attempted to curb the starlet's drug use as the judge referred to longtime companion Howard K.
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Larry Seidlin, the wisecracking judge who presided in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's remains and was lampooned for his sobbing announcement of the verdict, will resign next month, a court spokesman said Tuesday.
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A Florida judge added  more uncertainty to the paternity battle over Anna Nicole  Smith's baby on Friday when he said he wasn't sure he had  jurisdiction over the case.
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A federal appeals court Thursday threw out a judge's ruling that awarded &#36;88.5 million to former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith from the estate of her late husband, an oil tycoon who died at age 90 just over a year after they wed.
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By MATT SEDENSKY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The melodramatic legal fallout from Anna Nicole Smith's death shifted Friday from where to bury the former Playboy Playmate to who gets custody of her baby, who could inherit millions.
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A judge on Friday refused to order an emergency DNA test on the body of Anna Nicole Smith as part of a paternity suit involving her infant daughter, but he ordered that the body be preserved until a hearing in 10 days, attorneys said.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A judge in Florida gave the go-ahead on Friday for the body of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith to be embalmed, but a decision about releasing her for burial could be days away.
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A pathologist probing the death of   model Anna Nicole Smith's son said on Thursday that since the   cause has been found, the case can be closed without holding a   planned inquest in the Bahamas next month.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A judge in Florida made public Anna Nicole Smith's 5-year-old will on Friday and gave the go-ahead for the former Playboy playmate to be embalmed.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Citing lack of bed space, a judge on Tuesday refused to find the state human services agency in contempt of court for failing to find room in state psychiatric hospitals for mentally incompetent jail inmates.
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A judge ordered another DNA sample be taken from Anna Nicole Smith's body Thursday as he heard often fiery arguments in the fight over the former Playboy Playmate's remains and custody of her infant daughter.
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Anna Nicole Smith's body must be held for DNA testing in the paternity dispute involving the former Playboy Playmate's partner, her 5-month old daughter and another man, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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A judge in California has rejected an attempt by lawyers acting for Michael Jackson to get child molestation charges against him thrown out or to have his trial delayed by several months.