The former Playmate, who died suddenly last week, is at the centre of a mystery regarding the baby’s paternity.
The baby girl now has become the sole heir to an estate which could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Anna Nicole Smith married to American billionaire Howard Marshall II in 1994. The man, who earned his wealth in the oil industry, was 89 when he wed the then 26 year-old single mother. Marshall died 14 months later. Following the death of the wealthy Texan, legal battles began over his estate, which continues today. The estate, could very likely fall into the hands of baby heiress, Dannielynn. Not suprisingly, another man has announced that he may be the infant’s father.
Howard K. Stern, the lawyer and boyfriend of Smith, is listed on the child’s birth certificate. Larry Birkhead and Prince Frederick von Anhalt have also claimed to be the father.
DNA tests will be necessary to determine the child’s father, and should be conducted by the end of the month.