Anna Nicole Smith's will revealed

**MaryJane** · February 19th, 2007, 05:48 AM

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Anna Nicole Smith's will has been revealed, and it leaves everything to her deceased son Daniel, CNN reports.

Smith's companion, Howard K. Stern, is named as the executor of the estate. The will was written in 2001 and was not updated after the birth of her daughter, Dannielynn Hope.

The document says that Smith's estate should be held in trust for Daniel, who died last September. It's not clear how the document will affect the ongoing custody and paternity battle over Smith's baby girl.

A clause in the document, which states, "I have intentionally omitted to provide for my spouse, including any future spouses or children," seems to exclude Dannielynn.

Analyzing the will, Lisa Bloom of Court TV, said on CNN that the dispersal of Smith's assets will be the key issue, "because no one ever imagined that Daniel would pre-decease her."

The document was signed by Vickie Lynn Marshall (Smith's real name) and gives Stern full authority to take care of assets and property.

The will was released Friday after Florida Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin directed attorneys to file a copy of it.

It does not say where Smith wished to be buried. There has been a bitter conflict between Stern and Smith's estranged mother, Vergie Arthur, over where Smith's remains should be buried. Stern maintains that Smith bought a plot in the Bahamas next to her son, Daniel. Arthur, on the other hand, wants Smith buried in a plot in the family's home state of Texas.

The issue of where to bury Smith will be revisited on Tuesday when Stern has been ordered by Judge Seidlin to appear in person in a Florida courtroom to offer testimony in the case.

So far, Stern has not made an appearance in the Fort Lauderdale court where the fight for Smith's body has been waged. His attorney, Krista Barth, had tried to have Stern testify from the Bahamas by phone, claiming he could not leave Danielynn.

However, in the ruling on Stern's court appearance, Judge Seidlin was swayed by Arthur's attorney, who pointed out that Stern and Smith had previously left the infant with a babysitter when they traveled to Florida to attend a boxing match and to buy a boat. It was during the latter trip, in fact, that on Feb. 8 Smith collapsed and died at a Seminole, Fla. hotel.

Seidlin also signed an order to have Smith's refrigerated remains embalmed on Friday. However, the procedure was postponed after two employees at the funeral home refused to sign a document guaranteeing secrecy of the process. The court is seeking another funeral home to agree to the secrecy provisions.

Anna Nicole Smith's Will Revealed | Anna Nicole Smith : People.com

rebeccaw6182 · February 19th, 2007, 10:07 AM

i hate howard K stern.

curlysem · February 19th, 2007, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by rebeccaw6182

i hate howard K stern.

why is that?

aabbcc · February 19th, 2007, 10:43 AM

Why would she include a clause excluding any future children?

louiswinthorpe111 · February 19th, 2007, 10:50 AM

Maybe she means any children of a future spouse, like step-children?

greysfang · February 19th, 2007, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by aabbcc

Why would she include a clause excluding any future children?

Because her "lawyer" talked her into it. After the will info came out I finally started to consider that perhaps HKS did kill them both off.

Mira · February 19th, 2007, 11:01 AM

^That's what I thought too. That clause is highly irregular and not at all common in will/estate planning language.

LynnieD · February 19th, 2007, 01:18 PM

But yet, the baby WILL be the sole beneficiary correct???? Regardless of that statement about future children....that's what I had understood.

greysfang · February 19th, 2007, 01:19 PM

The baby will have to fight for YEARS to be the beneficiary.

LynnieD · February 19th, 2007, 01:42 PM

Oh man, that sucks.

I also heard on TV that this whole paternity thing could be YEARS to resolve too---a simple DNA test. Because of all the red tape and legal ramifications of it all.....

Poor kid doesn't have a chance.

sweetrebel · February 19th, 2007, 02:09 PM

HKS was her attorney and knew what the will said, don't you think he would have talked her into changing it or getting her fucked up and forcing her to change it before he "killed her off"?

sweetrebel · February 19th, 2007, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by greysfang

The baby will have to fight for YEARS to be the beneficiary.

I think by the time the kid would benefit from what is left of the estate, all this will be long settled...

crackho · February 19th, 2007, 02:21 PM

Maybe Howard and Daniel were lovers and Howard intended to kill Anna off.....

sweetness · February 19th, 2007, 02:39 PM

I can understand why Anna's mom wants her buried in Texas, but she should respect her daughter's wishes. She obviously wanted to be laid to rest next to Daniel since she bought herself a plot there.

Why or HOW can they argue with that? I just don't get it.

I know they're dead, but you'd think that Vergie wouldn't want her grandson left all alone out there.
His mother belongs right next to him.

Maybe Vergie really is as evil as Anna always said.

crackho · February 19th, 2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetness

I can understand why Anna's mom wants her buried in Texas, but she should respect her daughter's wishes. She obviously wanted to be laid to rest next to Daniel since she bought herself a plot there.

Why or HOW can they argue with that? I just don't get it.

I know they're dead, but you'd think that Vergie wouldn't want her grandson left all alone out there.
His mother belongs right next to him.

Maybe Vergie really is as evil as Anna always said.

ITA.