“Without Virgie, Birkhead would likely still be sitting in Burbank crying over no Anna and no baby and no DNA test. IMHO”
You’re probably correct, but when LB began the paternity issue, there was no ANS/Dannielynn estate, he was on his own with only legal bills.
I’ve read that Virgie was concerned and publicly warning ANS, why didn’t she join LB then to get the DNA test and drug tests on Anna and the baby? Together they might have saved them both. Now, I wish they’d do whatever necessary to save Dannielynn.
neither could force a dna issue in the bahamas. The USA couldn't 'extradite' Anna from the Bahamas just for a DNA test. Stern was on the birth certificate; an 'alive' Anna swore that Stern was the father - stone wall. Opri filed in Calif to compell Anna to appear for tests - they were sucessfully delayed thru the day she died partly because Birkhead was filing for 'sole' custody and child support, which made Anna literally livid. It would have been a very, very, ugly, battle.
Only a parent could sue in the Bahamas for custody of the granddaughter, and that's exactly what Virgie did. Birkhead had no legal standing in the Bahamas.