Lila64
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You'd think a parent (Larry) would have more rights than Virgie (maternal grandparent).
U2Fanatic4ever said:here's the latest..
Two Men and a Baby?
Posted Apr 10th 2007 4:09PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Anna Nicole Smith
Even though Larry Birkhead is officially the daddy, he cannot take Dannielynn out of the Bahamas, until the custody issue is resolved. We expect Virgie Arthur will mount a challenge. Indeed her lawyer suggested she wants strings attached if Birkhead gets custody.
Until the custody matter is resolved, Dannielynn won't be able to leave the Bahamas. So, Stern has invited Larry to spend as much time as he wants at Horizons, where Stern is staying. Until Birkhead gets custody, he has no legal claim to the baby. So will Larry, Stern and the baby bunk up in the short term. Stay tuned.
Lila64 said:You'd think a parent (Larry) would have more rights than Virgie (maternal grandparent).
Lila64 said:You'd think a parent (Larry) would have more rights than Virgie (maternal grandparent).
U2Kitten said:
You'd think an official parent (Larry) would have more rights than anyone, but the baby is still with the Sterns and I don't believe it's over yet.
Liesje said:
Seriously. WTF? I don't get this AT ALL! What judge even cares to hear what she has to say?!?! Larry is the FATHER, he WANTS her, and he's perfectly capable of caring for her!!!
I know a family that adopted a baby locally and then the baby's maternal grandmother fought for custody or visitations. In this case, the family that adopted her did not even include the biological father and the grandmother STILL had no legal say in the matter.
I can only assume this is still being allowed to be heard because it's high profile. It's such a black and white issue!!
Also, if she'd wanted Stern to adopt her or gain custody in her absence, then she could have legally allowed him too, but she didn't. Too late baby now, Stern. Leave it!
dazzlingamy said:The only reason people are fighting over this poor little baby is because of the "possible" inheritance she will get from Anna. Totally sick.
U2Kitten said:
I really do agree with you on this, but I'm afraid because of things I've heard. The law in the Bahamas is not the same as US law. That's why they fled there in the first place! Stern, being a lawyer, knew this. It's one place that the man listed on the birth certificate becomes the legal father regardless of if he's the bio dad. In the US, yes, the bio dad wants the child, he's capable, and the mother is dead, it's his, end of story. But because of the different laws they have there, and because of how the expert yesterday said they revere grandmothers, I don't think Larry will have all that easy a time of getting her out of there. Dannielynn is a Bahamian citizen (again they plotted to make sure she was born there and not in the US) so I don't know how that'll work. Again, it's such an epic tragedy. She ran there to keep the baby from Larry because he was going to try to take it because she wouldn't get off drugs, and the drugs killed her, and Daniel, and now there's this mess. No screenplay writer could have invented such a twisted, tragic tale.
dazzlingamy said:yeah i hope so too Bono's Betty - but its really easy to step up and say 'i'm the dad' when there is a multi million dollar baby to claim...
AnnRKeyintheUSA said:
To be fair, he was trying to get custody from the day she was born, before Anna even died. So if Anna was alive, he wouldn't have gotten any money, and he didn't expect her to die. Maybe some of the others were after cash, but Larry has always only wanted his child.
MsMofoGone said:Larry Birkhead has only "kind" words to say about Howard K. Stern, his former adversary in the Anna Nicole Smith paternity case.