This assistant professor of law in Arlington, VA doesn’t think there will be any money either. I’d like to know what makes Howard think he’s entitled to another family’s money. Anna got what J. Howard Marshall wanted her to have and I think he was plenty generous. DL is going to end up with so many legal bills, all thanks to HKS.
Long article but interesting. This was before Larry was named the father.
http://www.law.com/traffic/AnnaNicole.html
The Supreme Court last year ruled that the 9th Circuit’s interpretation that the federal courts have no jurisdiction whatsoever over probate matters was overly broad, and the justices have sent the case back to the 9th Circuit on remand. Now the 9th Circuit will focus on the specific arguments of this legal dispute.
This is bad news for Dannielynn and Smith’s legal team. The remaining legal issues surrounding this litigation are fairly straightforward and uncomplicated. J. Howard Marshall was legally allowed to direct his bequest to whomever he pleased, and he chose his son Pierce. He never intended to leave any portion of his estate to Smith or her heirs. We know these things because that’s what the jury found after a six-month trial in Texas. We also know that, under the doctrine of res judicata, each of these findings must be upheld in any other courts that look at this case.
At this point, of course, the tragic center of this saga is not Smith, but Dannielynn. One fears, at worst, that this child may be being used as leverage to support the ongoing claims of Smith’s lawyers and a number of hangers-on who seek to get rich quick.
You know this is what is so sad. Dannielynn is nothing but a pawn to the lawyers and Larry and Howard.