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Anna Nicole circus shifts to Bahamas
 The focus of the legal fallout from the death of Anna Nicole Smith has shifted from Florida to the Bahamas, where the former model's ex-boyfriend, mother and partner planned to battle for custody of her daughter before the nation's Supreme Court.Legal experts predict Larry Birkhead, the ex-boyfriend who claims to have fathered Smith's daughter, will face a difficult challenge persuading a Bahamian judge to award him custody because Howard K. Stern, the former model's partner, is listed on the birth certificate as the father. A hearing was scheduled for Monday. "There is a very strong legal presumption that what is stated in that document is accurate," said Thomas A. E. Evans, a prominent Bahamas attorney. Birkhead, a Los Angeles-based photographer, also must contend with a competing claim from Virgie Arthur, Smith's mother, who has claimed she could provide a more stable home for Dannielynn than Stern and should therefore be awarded custody of the girl who could inherit a fortune. "We're ready to fight," a lawyer for the ex-boyfriend, Debra Opri, told reporters outside Nassau international airport shortly after arriving Sunday with her client. Posted by: Fred 2007-02-26 |
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