L.A. judge lifts hold on Anna Nicole Smith funeral
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A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday lifted an order that kept Anna Nicole Smith's body from being buried, saying that enough DNA required for a legal battle over her infant daughter was obtained during Smith's autopsy.
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A judge who briefly heard arguments in cases after Anna Nicole Smith's death has announced his retirement, not long after he pleaded not guilty to smoking marijuana in a city park.
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A   hearing was postponed Wednesday on whether to issue a court order   compelling Anna Nicole Smith to return to California with her baby girl   to submit to a paternity test. After meeting with attorneys from both   sides in chambers, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Gretchen   Taylor issued a continuance for Oct. 26.
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A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday reversed a judgment awarding 1993 Playboy Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith &#36;88 million from the estate of her elderly billionaire husband J. Howard Marshall.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A Florida judge added more uncertainty to the paternity battle over former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith's baby on Friday when he said he wasn't sure he had jurisdiction over the case.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A Florida judge on Thursday ordered that new DNA samples be taken from the body of Anna Nicole Smith but made no decision on whether her boyfriend or her mother has the right to bury the former Playboy Playmate.
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Anna Nicole Smith's body was finally back Friday in the Bahamas, where mourners from three camps battling over her estate were to bury her following what an organizer described as an "over the top" private service.
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From the state that brought you the hanging chad, now comes the crying judge. Some members of the bar and other court-watchers are cringing over the way Judge Larry Seidlin wept &#151; no, sobbed &#151; on live, national TV as he announced a ruling Thursday in the dispute over where Anna Nicole Smith should be buried.
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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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By BRIAN SKOLOFF FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Anna Nicole Smith's body was being brought Friday to an airport for a flight to the Bahamas for her funeral, after weeks of legal wrangling over where the pinup should be buried.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - Former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas next to her dead son after an agreement was reached to end a two-week legal feud over her corpse, lawyers said on Thursday.
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By MATT SEDENSKY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  HOLLYWOOD, Fla.  Fans of Anna Nicole Smith aren't making pilgrimages to the place where she spent her final days. They're not leaving flowers. They're not gathering in crowds to express their grief.
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LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court today threw out a judge&#39;s ruling that awarded $88.5 million to former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith from the estate of her late husband, a Houston oil tycoon who died at age 90 just over a year after they wed.
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Anna Nicole Smith &#151; dressed in a designer gown, her coffin covered in a pink rhinestone-studded blanket &#151; was buried in an extravagant funeral, but the fight over her baby and a potential large inheritance remains.
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A judge froze a half-million-dollar account Thursday until it's decided whether the money belongs to Larry Birkhead or his ex-lawyer in the Anna Nicole Smith paternity case.
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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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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother asked an appeals court Monday to overturn a judge's decision over who controls where the starlet should be buried.