Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead and Anna's mom Virgie Arthur are back in court right now to battle over what will happen with Anna Nicole Smith's body.
To watch the hearing unfold, click here for a live feed from Miami's WTVJ.
Filed under: Anna Nicole Smith
1. I have a solution to this whole problem of where to bury Anna.
She originally wanted to be near Marilyn Monroe so I say buy 2 plots at the same graveyard side by side and bury her. Then exhume her son and bury him next to her. That way Anna gets both wishes.
If cost is a factor then Howard, Larry and Anna's parents can all chip in.
Also if they want to cremate the bodies, seperately of course, both urns can be placed into one plot so Anna and her son can be together for eternity.
Posted at 10:27AM on Feb 21st 2007 by jaime
2. Why in the world did this judge feel the need to go into Ms. Arthur's history of being a sheriff's deputy and possible gender discrimination? Was she ever asked to get coffee? Jeesh, what a mess
Posted at 10:29AM on Feb 21st 2007 by restless native
3. She should be buried with her Son. Bottom line.
Posted at 10:30AM on Feb 21st 2007 by Judi
4. Can anyone with a legal background tell me if a trial over who gets rights to a person's remains is usually like t his? I am listening to it at work and it just seems so drawn out without a lot of things that may be relevant to the matter at hand. Maybe they are. I am an insurance account assistant, not a lawyer so.....anyhow. Thanks.
Posted at 10:30AM on Feb 21st 2007 by mnchick
5. Right now the judge is trying to find out if Vergie Arthur really knew her daughter as she said she did. I have been following the hearing and she told several whoppers up there as far as I can tell. Anna wanted to be buried next to her son. She adored and loved her son so much that when he died was the same day she died emotionally. She should be buried next to Daniel forever.
Posted at 10:34AM on Feb 21st 2007 by lisa25
6. And the rambling continueth!!! God, the judge won't stop talking!!!! And notice the strategic seating of Larry today, yesterday he was kind of behind Stern diagonally, today he is ahead of him. So if Stern sees right, Larry is in his field of vision and if he moves left, Virgie is sitting there!!! Seems very strategic to me. And what is with the judge's line of questioning, irrelevant and totally entertainment news-like!!!
Posted at 10:37AM on Feb 21st 2007 by mytwocents
7. This should prove to be another interesting day in the courtroom. I was watching the live feed, and it appears the novelty has worn off as far as the judge is concerned. He seems a tad bit irritated with the attorneys.
Posted at 10:38AM on Feb 21st 2007 by This is crazy
8. AGAIN with the imposter! Stop posting using my name!!!
Take the rotting corpse and chop it into little pieces, then feed the fishes.
Posted at 10:43AM on Feb 21st 2007 by MyTwoCents
9. The mother is a piece of work. She lied 3 times that I saw and I didn't watch the whole thing.
The judge is an embarrassment. He seemed a little more focused today than in previous hearings. But there's just too much laughter and joking around. It's very tasteless.
Posted at 10:44AM on Feb 21st 2007 by Dottie
10. Good idea Jaime, but there has to be a spot for Dannielynn too -
Retarded Stern could fix all this and possibly redeem himself if he would
step up and start doing the right things for once -
1. get the freaking DNA test
2. forfeit any and all of Smith's money
3. assist with an agreeable buriel and do what's right for the 2 kids
But that ain't gonna happen - he wants the $$$$$$$$$$$
Posted at 10:48AM on Feb 21st 2007 by watching it all in shock
11. Anna's body needs to be buried in the Bahamas next to Daniel. If Anna had wanted to be buried in TX -- that is is where she would have buried Daniel ... end of story.
She put Howard's name on the birth certificate in an area where that is all it takes to declare paternity. She gave guardianship of her son to Howard in her last will in a country where that is what it takes for legal guardianship to be established.
She also named Howard as the executor of her will so he could dictate her wishes after her death.
I think this whole debacle in Florida is an obscene misuse of public (court) funds and DannieLynn's resources if her mother's estate is charged in any way for any of these people other than Howard & his lawyers.
Hopefully the biological people are footing their own bills.
Posted at 10:48AM on Feb 21st 2007 by Lynn
12. ""This should prove to be another interesting day in the courtroom. I was watching the live feed, and it appears the novelty has worn off as far as the judge is concerned. He seems a tad bit irritated with the attorneys.""
I would get irritated with the attorney's in this case too. First of all, HKS' attorney seems totally unprepared (she kept saying yesterday "I didn't have time to _______ (fill in the blank), and the attorney he kept calling "Texas" just kind of got up there and stumbled so badly that the judge wanted the other lawyer to take over questioning. They (they attorney's) are drawing this out and as the judge said, they are very very limited on time since ANS is decomposing quicker than they thought. So, I agree with you, he does seem irritated and can not say that I blame him at this point.
Posted at 10:50AM on Feb 21st 2007 by mnchick
13. I agree that this is such a disgrace. Now even the judge wants his 15 mins of fame. Why are they all allowing this circus to continue for so long... I say, not one of them really cared about Anna or else they would not allow this travesty to continue. What a low down shame.... One of the saddest things I have ever experienced...
Posted at 10:51AM on Feb 21st 2007 by VoodooQueen
14. 15 - you agree this is a disgrace, yet like the rest of us, you continue to feed this out of control train wreck.
Face it, we all LOVE it. It's the sick side coming out in all of us.
Posted at 10:56AM on Feb 21st 2007 by MyTwoCents
15. They can ALWAYS bury the corpse in the Bahamas - then exhume and relocate to box of garbage to another location when the daughter is old enough to make that choice.
My guess would be that she'll be smart enough at some point to know what a horrible person her mother really was, and won't give a sh*t either way.
Posted at 10:57AM on Feb 21st 2007 by MyTwoCents
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