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Litigation

Jun. 14, 2007

Anna Nicole Smith's Legacy Leaves Baby in a Legal Morass

The infant daughter of dead starlet Anna Nicole Smith appears more likely to inherit her mother’s legal bills than a multimillion-dollar fortune. In the worst-case scenario, a federal appeals court will rule there’s nothing for the daughter to collect. At best, Dannielynn will have to stand in a long line of creditors in a Texas probate court trying to collect on the estate.

By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - In the wake of Anna Nicole Smith's untimely death, relatives and lawyers have fought over her body, her burial site and the identity of her baby's father.
      But now, three months after the former Playboy Playmate was laid to rest in a Bahamian cemetery, the biggest battle is still to come.
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