Anna Nicole Smith: The Legal Afterlife
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Anna Nicole Smith's life was a circus. Her death hasn't offered much respite. A walk through her legal afterlife.
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A Florida judge has granted custody of Anna Nicole Smith's body to her infant daughter's guardian, but custody of 5-month-old Dannielynn is expected to dominate proceedings Friday as the legal circus surrounding the former Playboy Playmate continues.
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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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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A Florida judge on Thursday ordered that the body of former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith be handed into the custody of the court-appointed guardian of her 5-month-old baby daughter, sidestepping a ruling on her burial.
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Legal experts predict Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, will have a tough time winning custody of her baby when the case moves to the Supreme Court of the Bahamas on Monday.
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The question of who will inherit Anna Nicole Smith's estate was thrown into further confusion Friday with the release of a 2001 will in which the former Playboy centerfold said her fortune should be held in trust for her son &#151; who died last year.
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Former Playboy Playmate and billionaire's widow Anna Nicole Smith has died at the age of 39 after apparently collapsing in a Florida hotel room, her lawyer said on Thursday.
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By MATT SEDENSKY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith appeared in court Tuesday in his quest to &quot;carry out what Anna Nicole wanted&quot; on her burial, closing his eyes as her embalming was discussed.
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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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Anna Nicole Smith said in a 2001 will that her estate should be given to her longtime companion to hold in trust for her son, who has died, according to a copy released Friday.
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In a will signed on  July 30, 2001, former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith left  her estate to her late son, Daniel, and appointed her lawyer  and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, as the trustee.
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Anna Nicole Smith, the pneumatic blonde whose life played out as an extraordinary tabloid tale &#151; Playboy centerfold, jeans model, bride of an octogenarian oil tycoon, reality-show subject, tragic mother &#151; died Thursday after collapsing at a hotel. She was 39.
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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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NASSAU, Bahamas  - Anna Nicole Smith tried   frantically to revive her 20-year-old son even after he had   been pronounced dead by officials at the Bahamas hospital where   the former Playboy centerfold had given just days before, her   attorney said on Wednesday.
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What should be a time of celebration for Anna Nicole Smith has   turned to a time of mourning.
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Anna Nicole Smith was a high school dropout, but she's been a fixture at law schools for years and now, more than ever, she has something to teach aspiring lawyers.
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Anna Nicole Smith's body must be held in a Florida morgue until a California court determines how to conduct tests to learn who fathered the late centerfold model's baby daughter, a judge ruled on Wednesday.