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Probate

Feb. 9, 2010

Litigating to the Grave and Beyond?

Ken Boehm of the National Legal and Policy Center says the probate battle that began with Anna Nicole Smith's marriage to J. Howard Marshall II is hardly just.

By Ken Boehm

This week will commemorate the third anniversary of the infamous model, playmate, and reality star Anna Nicole Smith's death. But even years after her death, the legacy of Smith's turbulent lifestyle continues to plague our courts. Many federal cases have dragged on through the courts for years. But if there is a poster case for how justice delayed is justice denied, it is the infamous 15-year-old Marshall ...

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