Yesterday, in a blabbering, blubbering and bloviating ruling, the Judge in the Anna Nicole burial farce ordered his “friend of the court” to supervise the return of her body to The Bahamas to be buried next to her son (who died from a drug overdose just three days after the birth of her daughter last September).
But, for the record, I feel obliged to note that I declared this would be the outcome long before this courtroom circus became more macabrely fascinating to watch than a 20-car pile up!
Nevertheless, when they meet, I hope Marilyn Monroe validates Anna Nicole’s life by telling her how flattered she is that someone was actually willing to die to be like her.
Meanwhile, click here to read my denouement to the Anna Nicole burial show published today at CNN.
Anna Nicole Smith (a.k.a. Norma Jane): R.I.P.
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UPDATE: Friday at 3:00 pm
In re: Aaliyah’s comments on portrayal of The Bahamas in the media
Why is the American Media portraying the Bahamas as some haven where the courts give babies to fake fathers and beat back real fathers….Furthermore the plaintiff in the Marshall case is now an innocent baby, not her mother, and the defendant is no longer Marshall’s son, but his daughter in law. You couldn’t have a more sympathetic plaintiff.
Aaliyah raises some interesting points that – based on independent conversations and emails – reflect the grievance many of my fellow Bahamians have with the media coverage of the Anna Nicole baby-Daddy tragedy on the one hand, and prevailing misinformation about the Marshall probate case on the other. Therefore, I hope the following disabuses them of their grievance and all others of their ignorance about Anna Nicole’s purported inheritance:
As it happens, under Bahamian law in this respect (which is based on the anachronistic presumption that no man would rush in to claim a baby that he does not genuinely believe is his), Stern is presumed to be this child’s (legal) father because he cohabited with Anna Nicole and had his name placed on its birth certificate. Never mind that everyone in the world seems to think Stern’s a “fake” father.
Meanwhile, Bahamian authorities appear to be erecting formalistic road blocks to prevent Birkhead (the man, ironically enough, who is in fact rushing in to claim paternity – albeit with a cloud of $$$ over his head) from challenging that presumption with a simple and universally-recognized DNA paternity test.
Moreover, facts and circumstances exist that give rise not only “to presumptions of paternity in respect of more than one father”, which nullify Stern’s presumption, but also to the reasonable suspicion that Stern and Anna Nicole sought safe “haven” in The Bahamas merely to deny Birkhead’s natural rights. And, to the extent we delay this test, which Bahamian law on the Status of Children calls for under these circumstances, we appear complicit in their dastardly deeds.
Therefore, to further the best interest of the child and honor the administration of justice in The Bahamas, our courts should facilitate DNA testing to determine paternity, “forthwith”!
Regarding the alleged “fortune” in waiting, the lawyer for the new executors and surviving beneficiaries of Marshall’s estate has disclosed that they all remain determined to carry out his wishes that Anna Nicole (and all of her heirs – no matter how innocent or sympathetic) shall not receive a single dime of that estate. And, reports that Anna Nicole was once offered 9 million to settle her claims are not credible.
That said, if The Bahamas declares Birkhead, not Stern, as the father in due course, I would not be at all surprised if the Marshalls decided to offer him a few million dollars to put this matter to rest. After all, compared to Anna Nicole and Stern, he and this child seem eminently more worthy of – what would be for the Marshalls – this simple act of kindness.
* Pictured is Hon Sir Burton Hall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of The Bahamas
Bahamas Law Status of Children
Anna Nicole burial
Aaliyah Hannah says
Why is the American Media portraying the Bahamas as some haven where the courts give babies to fake fathers and beat back real fathers?
Aaliyah Hannah says
p.s. The baby stands to make a fortune from the movie “Illegal Aliens.” Anna Nicole Smith was the investor partner. Everyone will want a copy of the video as a collector’s item. Furthermore the plaintiff in the Marshall case is now an innocent baby, not her mother, and the defendant is no longer Marshall’s son, but his daughter in law. You couldn’t have a more sympathetic plaintiff.
Em Asomba says
At times I thought that I was dreaming as this case was unfolding, and we found ourselves falling right into a legal limbo. And unfortunately for some (think about the Immigration Minister, BAH), the reality came back knocking on their doors with a heavy blow.