Who Owns Anna Nicole Smith's Corpse...

Blubbering as he announced his ruling, a judge Thursday left it up to the guardian of Anna Nicole Smith's baby to decide where the model should be buried. But he expressed hope it would be in the Bahamas, alongside her dead son. The ruling came a full two weeks after Smith died at a Florida hotel at age 39 of still-undetermined causes. It was still unclear was what the guardian, attorney Richard Milstein, would do.

Smith's estranged mother wanted her buried in her native Texas, while Smith's boyfriend wanted her laid to rest in the Bahamas. The judge, who choked up frequently and wept as he explained his decision, compromised and gave custody to Milstein, the guardian for Smith's 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn.

Stern is listed as Dannielynn's father on the birth certificate, but Smith's ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, said the girl was his. The judge began Thursday's hearing with a long diatribe, saying Smith's relationships with her mother, Vergie Arthur, and ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead soured because of overuse of prescription drugs, and referred to Stern as "maybe an enabler."

Birkhead testified earlier that he attempted to curb the starlet's drug use by urging her to seek treatment. Smith told him she needed the prescriptions to live.
When he suggested Smith enter drug rehabilitation, he said she told him: "I'm not a drug addict and quit calling me one." Yeah, sure.