A Bahamian court cleared the way for Anna Nicole Smith’s ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead to leave the Bahamas with their infant daughter, rejecting an appeal by Smith’s estranged mother. The judge ruled that a court in the United States would likely have the final say in the custody dispute between Virgie Arthur and Larry Birkhead, who was confirmed as the 7-month-old baby’s father after undergoing DNA testing. Arthur was challenging a judge’s decision to allow Birkhead to leave the Bahamas with the baby. Her attorneys argued that Birkhead might not return as directed for another private hearing in the case on June 8.”I’m happy, because this is nonsense really,” Birkhead said outside the courthouse. Birkhead said he plans to leave for the United States once he corrects Dannielynn’s birth certificate to list him as the father. In refusing to consider Arthur’s application, a three-member appeals panel noted that both she and Birkhead wanted to take the child to the United States.”So what is the problem, what is the fear? The child is going to the States anyhow no matter who gets custody,” Justice Emmanuel Osadebay said. The court also ordered Arthur to pay Birkhead $3,000 in legal costs. Smith’s last companion, Howard K. Stern, who had been listed as the infant’s father, patted Birkhead on the back after the ruling and said he was preparing himself emotionally to hand over custody.”It’s difficult for me, but since paternity tests made it clear that Larry was the father, I knew it was inevitable,” Stern said. “I just want Dannielynn to have a good life, and I’m confident Larry will give it to her.” Stern said he hopes to be involved in the girl’s upbringing but that was up to Birkhead. “I’m not requiring written papers or court orders,” he said. A lawyer for Birkhead, Emerick Knowles, said his client hopes to leave for the United States once he secures a passport for Dannielynn but plans to return for the hearing in June.”He’d be silly not to,” Knowles said. “He has every intention of complying with the law.”
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