Anna Nicole Smith’s Will Officially Filed
Posted May 14th 2007 3:50PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Anna Nicole Smith, Celebrity Justice
TMZ has obtained the official copy of Anna Nicole Smith’s will, filed moments ago by Howard K. Stern.
The petition to probate Anna’s will was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court. It is the same will that was discussed during the contentious Florida court hearings. The will doesn’t name Larry Birkhead as a beneficiary, but the petition to probate lists him as a party with an interest in Anna’s estate.
TMZ got in touch with Ron Rale, one of the named executors, who confirmed that Birkhead has filed a petition to become the guardian of Dannielynn’s estate. Of course, you recall, a DNA test confirmed that Birkhead is Dannielynn’s daddy. Rale added, “Contrary to any speculation, there is no way in the world that there is any petition to name Larry as a beneficiary of the estate in his individual capacity.”
Rale also noted that in the petition, Stern waived any right to compensation as executor.
In the will, Anna is listed to have had personal property valued at $10,000 and real property valued at $1.8 million when she died; however, she still had a $1.1 million mortgage.
Will
http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0514_ans_will_01.pdf
Petition
http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0514_ans_petition_01.pdf
If HKS and Larry are successful in getting this 2001 probated, who retains the rights to Anna’s name and image? Would that automatically go to Dannielynn, as the sole heir of the Estate? I guess my question is, are the rights to Anna’s name and image INCLUDED as part of her Estate?
TIA, kcw
i'd imagine just her jewelry box would be worth a hellofalot more than 10K and with the money Anna brought in between 2004 and 2006, I'm simply amazed the will is claiming she has no assets to pass on to DL... is LB not going to contest this "inventory" based on 2000 supposed-data??