Anna Nicole Smith Daughter Custody Update

In the case that just keeps on going, a judge said yesterday that Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend at the time of her death might be forced to give DNA for a test to determine the father of her 6-month-old daughter, according to lawyers at the hearing.

According to AP reports, “Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert A. Schnider denied a motion by Smith’s former boyfriend Larry Birkhead asking that Smith’s companion, Howard K. Stern, be compelled to immediately join the case, which could result in him being ordered to give his DNA, lawyers for the parties said. But Schnider left open the possibility that he could change his mind later this month. The next hearing in Los Angeles is scheduled for March 28.”

Anna Nicole gave birth to Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern in the Bahamas, listing Howard K Stern as the father on the birth certificate. But, Birkhead has long said that he is the father and is now contending Stern’s custody rights.

Stern is “the father administratively, not biologically,” said Birkhead’s lawyer, Debra Opri. “Stop perpetrating a fraud, James,” she said to Stern’s lawyer, James Neavitt.

Neavitt did not respond directly. He and Ron Rale, who represents Smith’s estate, downplayed the question of whether the judge would change his mind on Stern.

Meanwhile, a hearing is scheduled Friday in the Bahamas to take up the issue of Dannielynn’s parentage.

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