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With her mother dead and the identity of her father still to be determined, the questions on everyone's lips about Dannielynn Marshall Stern are: Will she end up getting any of nearly half-billion dollars Anna Nicole was fighting for in the courts? And how much would she get?
Well-informed legal sources, including Smith's estate lawyer Kent Richland, tell TMZ that Dannielynn could be the heiress of up to $477 million of J. Howard Marshall's fortune, if her mother posthumously wins her Federal court battle. That's the simple answer. In the end, our sources tell us, where the case ends up being tried is all-important. Richland himself says that he's not certain whether California, Texas, or even the Bahamas will have the last word in deciding the case, and that the death of his client adds another layer of complexity to an already difficult case.
That's because two courts in different states have decided two different outcomes -- a judge in Texas ruled that Anna Nicole should get nothing, and a California judge then ruled that Smith should get $480 million (later reduced to $88 million). Then, last May, the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to Federal appeals court. Marshall family attorney Eric Brunstad says that there is currently no timetable for the next legal step.
The Supreme Court's decision merely continued Smith's fight for money, but did not award her any money. The reality is that the case could drag on for months and possibly years, and Richland could not predict any time horizon for the case. Lenard Leeds, a former attorney for Smith, predicted that the case will end up back at the U.S. Supreme Court for a final decision.
Richland says he's not spoken to Howard K. Stern since yesterday.
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My opinion? If I saw everything that is happening now and I were a Marshall family member or attorney I would exhume Pierce Marshall who died of a brief infection? in June of 2006 litigating a case in the Supreme Court of the United States with big $$$$$ and then Daniel dies in September of 2006 and then Anna 5 months later....hmmmm....bells are ringing in my head and I'm not even an attorney....hmmmmm
Let Texas' ruling stand if California wants to play games ($88?!)
So this way the child is assured of getting what she needs, THE TYPE OF FATHER ANNA WOULD WANT HER WITH.
Oh yeah and she is indeed a bahama citizen affording her protection under the British Crown. The house has her name written all over it though (Mommy brought her here for a reason apparently)
Call me an old softie, but the first question on my lips about Dannielynn is who will be raising her, not how much money she'll be worth.
(And not to be the spelling police, but "Gets" has no apostrophe in it.)
I think she'd rather have her mother....who cares about the money.
I heard that Mk and Ashley Olsen are going to adopt Sugarpie (Anna's beloved dog0 and that Reese Witherspoon, who is set to play Anna in the Lifetime Movie chronicling her life, is taking in Dannielynn. I am soooo happy to hear this. Keep Dannielynn and Sugarpie away from Howard K and the other hanger-ons. Reese, Ashley and MK all seem like great people to me. Glad they are so willing to help!
P.S. I bet the astronaut lady isn't too upset about the timing of ANS's death.
I am glad they made a flowchart as i suggested, but this is not what i had in mind. i want to see people involved not cash.
so glad
you're an ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a question. Why does the little girl carry the name Marshall? I understand ANS was married to Marshall at one point, but why give the name to her daughter if she is Sterns?
Like they are just going to give Dannielynn to Resse Witherspoon? LMAO!! Alrighty then!
who cares????? she's gone, let her and her family RIP
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I HATE it when people who write for a living cannot use proper punctuation.
"Gets" in this case has no apostrophe!!! An apostrophe denotes possession or the replacement of a letter (as in can't (cannot) or I'm (I am)).
I don't care if I am labelled the spelling police! What's wrong with expecting people (especially a website supposedly run by writers) to spell properly?
If the Marshall family feels as bad about her death as they said in their statement, then they should be willing to just give Dannilynn the money so that she has the possibility of taking her life in the right direction rather then having to follow in her mother's footsteps....Do the right thing and give that little girl the money...can you imagine how everyone would react to that if it happened?
