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Anna to Be Released Soon, Who Gets the Body?

Anna Nicole Smith[3:07] UPDATE: A Florida judge has ruled that he will not release the body of Anna Nicole Smith until he can determine the next of kin.

[2:00]
TMZ has learned that a Florida hearing is underway to determine details for the release of Anna Nicole Smith's body.

A California judge is clearing the way for Anna Nicole Smith's body to be buried, but the question remains -- to whom will the body be released?

Moments ago, a California judge withdrew his request to put a 10-day hold on Smith's remains, meaning her body may be released and buried, pending a corresponding ruling from a Florida court. A decision is expected in the next few days.

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61. THE state should take custody of the poor baby

Posted at 3:05PM on Feb 14th 2007 by lb

62. I hope Virgie get Vicki's body for burial. Virgie is the next of kin and her mother. I pray that Anna's mother will be successful.

Posted at 4:40PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Madeline

63. I think her mother should get her body. The girl was a mess before Howard Stern came along. I think he knows about the drugs her son took and she took. Not sure if he gave it to her or not. He's a mooch. He is the first attorney I have ever heard who has not drawn a salary since the late 1990s because he was working for Anna. So, it follows, that he stands to gain if he holds on to the daughter. Why would you want to have claims to another person's child, if it is proven that it is not his (Stern's i.e.)? The child deserves to know who her biological father is. Stern did not adopt the kid, so he really has no claim to her if it turns out he is not the biological father. I am sure he won't be.

Anna Nicole was a mess, but she was still someone's child and she should be buried with a little bit of dignity that they can scrape together. Her body should be released to her mother and I think she should be buried next to her son.

Posted at 3:05PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Janet S

64. WHY DO WE HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT HER!!!! SHE WAS WORTHLESS AND DID NOTHING TO BETTER THE WORLD. WHO GIVES A RATS A#$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 3:18PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Will

65. I think that her mother should get the body. But I also feel like she should be put next to her son, I'm a mother of 2 and i would want to be with my children...So her mother should put Anna with her Baby Boy!

Posted at 10:01PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Deborah

66. Let Anna Nicole rest in peace now. She should be buried next to her beloved son Daniel. Everyone else needs to stay out of it. If one of my family members died I would not everything blasted all over the internet. That is wrong!

Posted at 3:18PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Nadine

67. Anna might still be alive if Howard Kidnapper Stern hadn't buffaloed
the 'nurse' into calling HIM BEFORE 9-1-1. (AND HE PROBABLY HAS THE SAME STANDING ORDER FOR DANNIELYNN -- GET HER OUT NOW!!!) -- And why, pray tell, WAS this the situation? Can you think of ANY circumstance in which YOU would do this to a 'loved one?' -- IF THAT, IN ITSELF, IS NOT CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

Posted at 3:17PM on Feb 14th 2007 by froglevel

68. Howard K Stern should get the body.. She hated her mother. Her mothere wasted no time bashing her daughter... Her mother should take her ass back to her home and stay there. She shouldn't be allowed to see here granddaughter either.

Posted at 3:18PM on Feb 14th 2007 by joyce williams

69. Howard K Stern should get the body.. She hated her mother. Her mothere wasted no time bashing her daughter... Her mother should take her ass back to her home and stay there. She shouldn't be allowed to see here granddaughter either.

Posted at 3:18PM on Feb 14th 2007 by joyce williams

70. james i am with u all the way and who aver say defrent is blind::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Posted at 4:02PM on Feb 14th 2007 by mick

71. ...Anna's mother will get the body - further enraging HKS who is about to go under the quicksand of death and drugs.....at this point the ONLY ace in the hole he has is Danielynn who I think is in extreme danger at this point.......Howard was so obsessed with everything Anna that a murder/suicide (him and the baby) may be the only way for him to go in his mind.....maybe he thinks then they can all be together........is anybody else thinking like me?.....

Posted at 3:20PM on Feb 14th 2007 by mahaatma

72. Piss on her corpse then toss the carcass in either the Atlantic Ocean; better yet - find a nasty smelly swamp to toss it in - bout all she was worth.

You friggin losers who adored this skanky slut - piss off. She was worthless when she was alive -a nd just as worthless today.

She is responsible for the death of her son - she got what she had coming; Stern should be next (we can only hope).

Posted at 3:20PM on Feb 14th 2007 by MyTwoCents

73. There is a baby under the 'care' of a man who was involved in 2 suspicious deaths -- HELLO???

Posted at 3:22PM on Feb 14th 2007 by froglevel

74. It is a shame that this is not determined by what she would have clearly wanted, regardless of who is determined to be next of kin legally. Even her mother knows that her desire would have been to be buried beside her son. To do anything other than that dishonors her memory, no matter how much anyone claims to love her.

Posted at 4:47PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Michele

75. This whole situation is very sad, but the "people" who will benefit most from her death are not her mother or Stern, but the family of the Marshall estate! Not one article mentions the fact that if anyone poisoned her, The Marshall family ( if there are any still alive) seems obvious. If she were to die by overdose, everyone would think it was self induced. Then she would not inherit ANY of the Marshall $$$.

Posted at 7:41PM on Feb 14th 2007 by M

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