Dannielynn’s Paternity — Update

Sensing that he would lose his challenge to DNA testing regarding the paternity of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, Howard K. Stern dropped his appeal yesterday (April 2, 2007) in the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas.

According to Howard K. Stern Drops DNA Appeal, Showbuzz.cbsnews.com, April 2, 2007,

All three judges said that Stern had filed his challenge too late and should have raised his objections before the Supreme Court ordered DNA testing in the paternity challenge filed by Larry Birkhead, a former Smith boyfriend who claims to be the father of the infant, Dannielynn.

Justice Emmanuel E. Osadebay noted that Stern himself had agreed to DNA testing and waited until a week after the sample was taken to file the challenge. * * *

On Tuesday [April 3, 2007], the Supreme Court is scheduled to hold a hearing in the paternity case but the lawyers and officials are prohibited by Bahamian legal rules from discussing the case, even to reveal the nature of the hearing.