The high-profile 16 year old Stern v. Marshall case is back at the United States Supreme Court.  Howard K. Stern, acting as the executor of the late Anna Nicole Smith’s estate, is attempting to secure a piece of the multimillion dollar estate owned by late J. Howard Marshall, who Anna Nicole Smith married for several months in 1994.  Smith’s legal team argued that an oral arrangement existed between her and Marshall, which went beyond the inheritance she was given after his passing.  As reported in The Examiner.com: While legal and casual observers often view Smith’s effort to use an unsubstantiated oral claim of entitlement as a money grab that violates Marshall’s carefully prepared and properly executed estate plan, years of litigation have made this case about much more.  In addition to being “about money,” this case will likely produce landmark decisions involving not only inheritance rights, but also determine potential handling for other civil and states’ rights matters.  Americans who believe this “celebrity” case has nothing to do with them are wrong.  The use of legal gamesmanship to assault a legitimate estate plan as orchestrated by Smith and her legal team violates American property rights and could impact Americans of Read More …

It is no surprise that Larry Birkhead and Dannielynn are back in the spotlight just a week the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Stern v. Marshall.  Although the duo moved to Kentucky for a “normal life”, Dannielynn frequently appears in the media.  Whether it is the Kentucky Derby, her birthday celebrations, or even just a day at the farmers market, Dannielynn always catches the eyes of the paparazzi. While Dannielynn may be too young to realize now, it appears that she is being used as a public relations tool to keep the estate battle her mother, former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, started 16 years ago. Dannielynn is often portrayed as the million dollar baby but in reality, whose money is this really? The notoriously over-litigated case – Stern v. Marshall – involves reality TV star Smith and her late husband J. Howard Marshall II.  In an effort to get her hands on his estate, Smith sued Marshall’s son Pierce claiming she was entitled to half the Marshall estate.  Twelve Texas jurors in a Texas Probate court, the clear court of record,upheld Marshall’s will and ruled that Smith was not entitled to Marshall’s estate.  But after Read More …