The 18-month-old daughter of Anna Nicole Smith was declared the sole beneficiary to the late model’s estate Tuesday March 4th 2008. Howard K. Stern, named executor of Anna Nicole Smith’s estate petitioned a Los Angeles probate court to clarify Smiths intentions.
L.A. Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff’s ruling also establishes a trust on Dannielynn’s behalf, with Larry Birkhead, Dannielynns father and Stern serving as co-trustees.
Smith’s assets at the time of her passing were estimated at $710,000, but Tuesday’s ruling is said to position Dannielynn to inherit a fortune if the legal battle between what is now Smith’s estate and the family of her late husband, billionaire oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, turns in her favor.
Stern filed on Oct. 18 seeking to having Dannielynn singled out as Smith’s heir, presuming Smith would have provided for Dannielynn had she drawn up a more recent will.
“As a matter of law, Dannielynn is a pretermitted heir,” Stern’s petition stated, meaning she was an accidental omission, or someone who likely would have been named in the will except for the fact that the person drawing up the will didn’t know her at the time..
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I have a question, how many court cases has O’Quinn & Virgie one?
Report: Dannielynn Declared Sole Heir to Anna Nicole Smith’s Estate
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Anna Nicole Smith and Dannielynn
Anna Nicole Smith’s 18-month-old daughter Dannielynn has been declared the sole heir to the former Playboy Playmate’s estate, TMZ.com reported.
Smith’s attorney and companion Howard K. Stern had filed papers to make Dannielynn the sole beneficiary of Smith’s estate as her will was written in 2001 — five years before the little girl was born.
In addition, the judge also established a trust in Dannielynn’s name, and named Stern and the child’s father Larry Birkhead as co-trustees.
The toddler could stand to inherit millions from the fortune of her mother’s late husband, billionaire J. Howard Marshall, which is still tied up in a court battle.
Smith, who died last February, had been
ing the Texas oil tycoon’s family for years over his estimated $500 million fortune.
Hello Bubbles. Correct me if I am wrong but I don’t think Virgie filed any claims in the estate case that you cite.
Also, none of the various legal cases have been resolved yet whether by settlement or decision. Except for the burial which we all know Howard prevailed.
Bubbles Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 2:02 am
I have a question, how many court cases has O’Quinn & Virgie one?
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Nothing has been settled yet. How many has Howard and Larry won? Do you mean won?
why does Stern need to be a co-trustee??????WTF??
QV
What’s your take on the ruling yesterday? Is there a deal between HS and LB,that was formed many moons ago at that secret meeting?
QV, See I don’t see it that Howard or Larry won anything. I see that the baby won.
Bubbles says:
The BABY won the right to have her mother buried in the bahamas with her brother.
The BABY is now the sole heir of Anna’s estate.
Did you ever ask yourself why Virgie did not contest that will? Would that have not been one way of her getting into the baby’s life.
Bubbles: You should think about why Vergie didn’t contest the will, as with all the Haters out there. The real reason: she isn’t here for the money. You wants facts regarding that???? Sit down a moment and lets total it all up huh?? K first we start with Stern—and his show ET, member to start before Anna died. K, then Larry lets see, okay he has his show ET too……photo spreads…
Then Vergie, who made $5k or $6k years ago, and maybe another $6 to help with all of her travel expenses (lets remember that Anna didn’t foot her bill). HMMMMMMMMMMM simple math, yet, wait, oh yeah thats all you have to attack her about.
The baby won’t win anything until howie is all the way out of her life
dying for the truth, I am not here to bicker, I am here to debate.
If as you say Virigie does not want any money, then why does she want shared guardianship of the baby. She has stated to overlook the baby’s money. Why does she not just want to be a grandmother. My parents do not have guardianship over my kids bank accounts.
And Virigie has not paid any of her expenses. O’Quinn has been paying them.He has stated so in his DEPO.
Bubbles, your question to me was “how many court cases has O’Quinn & Virgie one?”
Here was my answer:
“Hello Bubbles. Correct me if I am wrong but I don’t think Virgie filed any claims in the estate case that you cite.
Also, none of the various legal cases have been resolved yet whether by settlement or decision. Except for the burial which we all know Howard prevailed.”
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Then you comment to me again:
“QV, See I don’t see it that Howard or Larry won anything. I see that the baby won.
The BABY won the right to have her mother buried in the bahamas with her brother.
The BABY is now the sole heir of Anna’s estate.
Did you ever ask yourself why Virgie did not contest that will? Would that have not been one way of her getting into the baby’s life.”
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Bubbles, you asked me “how many cases has Virgie won?”
I answered you. I guess I did not answer exactly the way you wanted me to. If you want to say “the baby won”, that is just fine with me but it was Howard that asked that ANS be buried in the Bahamas and that is why I responded the way that I did. I am aware that the judge appointed a guardian and the ruling was made on behalf of Dannielynn.
Now you want to know if I ever asked myself why Virgie did not contest the will. Here is my answer: No.
QV,
You must have mis-read my comment, for I did not mention anything about Howard or Larry winning anything. The article was about the baby.
But thank you for taking the time for answering my question.
Bubbles, Vergie wants shared guardianship of the baby, and to oversee the expenses……because she is not stupid, and like a lot of us, smell something very wrong with this entire situation, yesterday’s ruling was another example. She isn’t asking for money or custody. She wants someone BESIDES those two to look over her trust funds, bank accounts and estate…….. I personally don’t see anything wrong with that….spin as they may.
Bubbles- in my opinion the baby will not win anything (except that she already has her real daddy!!!!) Until she is able to shed the big bad wolf that is howie. Until she is able to be in her grandma’s Vergie’s arms and be held and loved by her. Also when she gets to be with her auntie Donna Hogan. Though Donna didn’t know Anna, she is still family, and her side has the baby’s eye condition……….I think those two ladies should work together to be able to see the baby. I am not necessary on Vergie’s side, as you can tell by the Donna Hogan part. I am on the baby’s side, on the side of the murdered, and on the side of the truth.
Since the cases bubbles referenced are pending…. If you want O’Quinn’s record, he is a brilliant litigator, and I’m sure his track record is available on the world wide web…..
Here is a link to the documents.
http://images.eonline.com/static/news/pdf/danielynn_estate_entitlement.pdf
Tropicana, your guess is as good as mine. It would not be out of line to assume that though.
Birkhead went from accusing Howard of illegal activities to being best buds and now co-trustees of another trust fund to be set up for Dannielynn.
So, what is the truth? Is Larry even going to testify at the inquest?
Her estate is insolvent, assets listed will be sold to satisfy debt. The question is the monies she had in the Bahamas (after selling out her dead son that her drugs killed) does Howie have access to those funds and will there be an accounting of the Bahamian assets? I’m curious to see how many shell corporations were established in the Bahamas and abroad to divert funds to. Wouldn’t you just love to know what O’quinn knows. LMAO
Maybe Rose can figure all this out. lol
Unless Howard is made to stop sometime soon I think DL is doomed with any money in her life. There must be millions and millions of dollars paid to lawyers in the last year to pay for all of these cases or is promished to pay if and when the millions come in from the Marshalls. It could have been a great life for all if greed and drugs hadn’t entered the lives of Anna and Daniel. Greed has destroyed many people and will continue to for years to come.
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LOL, as for Rosie trying to figure it all out…nah…she’s too busy with her Trifecta now, ya know what I mean.
QV quoted the latest news:
“The 18-month-old daughter of Anna Nicole Smith was declared the sole beneficiary to the late model’s estate Tuesday March 4th 2008. Howard K. Stern, named executor of Anna Nicole Smith’s estate petitioned a Los Angeles probate court to clarify Smiths intentions.”
Thanks QV ! What that essentially means is that Baby DL is responsible for millions in lawyer fees, fancy hotels, extravagant dinners, designer rags and inflated fees accrued by the Bobsey Twins aka Lar and How.
Our hearts go out to her and the travesty she was born into.
Let me see if I can get this right. Dannielynn is sole heir to Anna’s estate. There will be no money generated from Anna’s estate, matter of fact it is probably broke,there will be no money from the Marshalls.Dannielynn gets squat.
Howard is the owner of Anna’s name and image. That is where the money will generate and keep generating for a long time. Dannielynn gets squat.
Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
Howard has to be miserable. I bet his life is so sad now that he has nobody and the world is mostly against him. Where could he set up an office for a lawyer in the states? Almost everybody knows him. He will have money coming in all the time but will have no money. When you do evil and don’t get it right the money will just disappear and he will be so unhappy as he probably is now. With so much hate in him for Virgie for
ing him on DL it will eat him alive. Good luck Howard but it will never change till you make it right.
Sadder, even, Dee, is that I don’t see him wanting to make it right. All I see is a sorry excuse for a man, who lived off a woman, kept her drugged, somehow mislaid her money cause he sure didn’t pay her bills, who wants to continue on letting someone else support him. His main priority, in my humble opinion is staying out of jail.
I agree Carole. After all he’s already done, does anyone actually believe that he has Dannielynn’s best interest at heart? He wants his hands on any money that might materialize and he doesn’t want to have to answer to anyone about how he spends it. Larry had better watch his back.
I have a question for you QV,
Jack Harding stated that Daniel contacted him 3 months before he died and stated
California private investigator Jack E. Harding has revealed the troubled 20-year-old came to him with his concerns three months before he died last September–but never followed through on his plans to commission the detective.
In a private meeting, Daniel told Harding he feared his mother was being held “a virtual prisoner” in the Bahamas by Stern, who was controlling her like a svengali.
Well how can that be if Anna was with Ford Shelly at the time the PI said he was contacted by Daniel, and she was not in the Bahamas at that time.
Bubbles Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I have a question for you QV,
Jack Harding stated that Daniel contacted him 3 months before he died and stated
California private investigator Jack E. Harding has revealed the troubled 20-year-old came to him with his concerns three months before he died last September–but never followed through on his plans to commission the detective.
In a private meeting, Daniel told Harding he feared his mother was being held “a virtual prisoner” in the Bahamas by Stern, who was controlling her like a svengali.
Well how can that be if Anna was with Ford Shelly at the time the PI said he was contacted by Daniel, and she was not in the Bahamas at that time.
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Hey there, Bubbles. Got to wonder why you’re asking QV since I hadn’t noticed her mentioning Jack Harding at all, only I and a few others here have.
Your first sentence makes no sense, and I re-quote:
“Jack Harding stated that Daniel contacted him 3 months before he died and stated
California private investigator Jack E. Harding has revealed the troubled 20-year-old came to him with his concerns three months before he died last September–but never followed through on his plans to commission the detective.”
Sounds like jumbled up and bogus information copied from an unreliable report that you found
heaven knows where since there’s no legitimate link to a reputable source.
As a matter of fact since Mr. Harding was a mutual friend of both Daniel Smith’s landlord, Ray Martino and of Daniel Smith and they saw each other on several occasions since Harding visited Martino’s house where Daniel lived, no dates of meetings were ever released to the public.
HKS was living in luxury at ANS’s expense and yet her only son didn’t have enough money for a place to live let alone a PI.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: And let`s go back to Matt Meagher, reporter for “Inside Edition,” to put all of that in context because — explain to me. Is that the private investigator that you interviewed who said that Daniel contacted him this summer, not too long before he died? What did the conversation entail between Daniel and this private investigator?
MEAGHER: Jack Harding (ph), the private investigator in LA, says that Daniel contacted him because he was concerned about an apparent hold that Stern had on his mother, and he wanted to know what this private investigator might be able to do and find out in the Bahamas. Daniel told Harding that he was — you know, that he was concerned that Stern may be providing the drugs for his mother.
And an interesting thing that every time Harding talked to him, he said Daniel sounded very sober and not high on drugs. Harding said that Daniel was afraid of Stern and that when Daniel died, he was shocked. And then when Anna Nicole died, he was shocked even more.
Now, an awful lot of this is going to come out in the inquest into Daniel`s death because the card of that private investigator, Jack Harding, was found in Daniel`s wallet. He says Bahamian authorities went to LA and interviewed him about, Why was your business card in Daniel`s wallet? And the Bahamian chief magistrate, Mr. Gomez (ph), told me a long time ago that we`re going to be very surprised by what happens at that inquest at the end of this month into Daniel`s death.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Matt, I`m sure we have many more surprises. Stay right there. We want to get back to you with that really explosive development.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0703/13/ng.01.html
JACK HARDING, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR: He visited me, oh, I guess it was about, oh, a month after I met him and probably about a month before he left for the Bahamas. I didn`t even know he left. And he — he didn`t seem depressed to me, and he didn`t seem anorexic, as well. His skin was clear. His eyes were clear.
He was really upset about his mother. And when he made phone calls to his mother, Stern would answer. Stern would hang up on him. And he told me that Stern had given orders to the staff that any time that he would call, to hang up on him. And the boy was frightened to death of Stern, according to what he told me, and to the point that, you know, he would be a little nervous there.
I know that he had a break-up with his girlfriend. That upset him. And that`s natural. And what got me was that when I told him I couldn`t take the case until I got paid, and so forth, he said he would get back to me. Now, the mere fact that the police found my business card on his body showed me that he still wanted to get back to me. And I don`t know if Stern had seen this card or not. That — that`s something else.
But he — as I said, he was frightened to death. And he was — he wanted to help his mother. He loved his mother very much. And I heard a tape that was played to me over the phone by “Globe” magazine that they had — it was a clip where his mother told him that he had a baby girl — a baby sister, that is. And he said, Momma, really, do I have a baby girl? I have a baby girl? I really do, Momma? And she said, Yes, darling, you do. And he says, Really? Really? Can I come down and see the baby? Can I come down and see the baby, Momma? And she said, Yes, pumpkin, you can. And he said, Really, Momma? Really? Really? Can I? And that showed me that he was starving to death for the love of his mother. And he told me he wanted to protect his mother.
And this is really suspicious to me, the way that this whole thing came out. His mother — that is — he passed on with an overdose, and then all of a sudden, his mother passes over with an overdose. You know that the child — especially when she was being given drugs when she was pregnant, the child is going to have a trace of narcotics in her system. Now, what`s to say that later on, if Stern was to get custody of the child later on, that the child would have an overdose? And who gets that money?
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0703/27/ng.01.html
I have other links to Jack Harding speaking in person, not something manufactured. Hope these links are helpful to you Bubbles.
Great answer. Thank you Miranda.
Hey I just looked on Roses site and the girls there are asking the same questions that were asked here. Why are they copying dirty women. They are almost exactly the same as was asked here.
YES!!!! Thank you Miranda!!! I so appreciate facts!!!!
Bubbles, general questions about this case belong under the “QUESTIONS” topic……
This topic is about how Howie and Larrysue are now co-trustees of poor baby Danielynn’s trust fund!
QV does a wonderful job of keeping her site nice and organized, so please try to focus.
http://www.topix.net/forum/news/weather/TJE0RUMJBALR5HGEO#lastPost
Just to show how really bad a person can get when they can’t control themselves anymore. This is Maryst. she is using MarySt in a thread on Topix in the weather part. She says she is going to get Red on it.
Still here and waiting for the inquest.
Will Larry Birkhead and Ray Martino show up?
Have they found the nannies yet?
I’m still here and waiting for the inquest too. I don’t think Ray will show up. He has been paid off maybe the nannies too.
Hi Lin, you still here?
And Big Shout out to QV! HI!
Just think of all the debits against those off-shore accounts in the elaborate scheme to pay hush money.
Is LB truly thick enough to share DL’s inheritance in the belief that she will reap millions from the Marshall family or is he cashing in on those off-shore accounts he revealed down in Florida?
Tut tut Mr. Wood and old B.S.
Dee Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
http://www.topix.net/forum/news/weather/TJE0RUMJBALR5HGEO#lastPost
Just to show how really bad a person can get when they can’t control themselves anymore. This is Maryst. she is using in a thread on Topix in the weather part. She says she is going to get Red on it.
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interesting isn’t it. the things the sternies will stoop to. She can cry all she wants about that, TOPIX knows what IP put that thread there. Won’t it be funny when it all comes back and bites her in the arse.
If mary would put half as much energy in the real estate business as she does in the posting business she might just sell a house. poor girl.
keep up the great work, it just pisses the sternies off.
Things should get wild in the next few days, they are nervous about the inquest resuming.
Well it sure makes a lot more sense that Stern “wasn’t getting paid to be the executor of the estate”. Now that we all know he and larry are serving as co-trustees.
Poor baby, I wish I could help her.
LOL! Hey up there Alamo. Yes, he is still here. Every day.
Red, I totally agree. What goes around….
Once upon a Web there was a lovely Lady named JitterBug who decried the way Larry and Howard were ‘managing’ Danni Lynn’s bit of cash and much much more. She’s keeping company with the stars these days, out of the reach of all the villains in this piece, including the unsavoury lurkers.
She was a Fiery Fan of QV and the Justice for Daniel League.
Here is a tribute to her:
http://wwwbonniesbrats-whistlebait.blogspot.com/
That is so sad Miranda. I did not know Jitterbug but would like to express my deepest sympathies to her family. There is a new article posted and I dedicated it to her. Thank you for sharing this.