FORMER Playboy model Anna-Nicole Smith must have a paternity test by the end of this month to determine who her child’s father is, a court has ordered. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider ruled that Smith and her baby, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, must take the tests by January 23, a lawyer representing celebrity photographer Larry Birkhead said. Birkhead, who claims to be the baby’s father, launched a lawsuit against Smith in October, a month after the child was born. Smith’s long-time personal lawyer, Howard K. Stern, maintains he is the baby’s father. Birkhead’s lawyer Debra Opri said today it was yet to be decided how the tests would be carried out as Smith was in the Bahamas. "We said in October that we were willing to send someone down to her front door (to take the tests),’’ Ms Opri said. Schnider last month ruled that Smith must take part in paternity testing without specifying a deadline.
AFP (story) and Splash News (photo)
I just hope after all of this that Larry Birkhead is the father!
