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Dannielynn Named Sole Heir to Anna Nicole Smith's Estate
Tuesday March 4, 2008

Larry Birkhead and Dannielynn
Larry Birkhead and daughter Dannielynn swim with dolphins in the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas.
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Dannielynn has been named the sole heir to Anna Nicole Smith's estate, a Los Angeles judge declared today.

Last October, Smith's attorney and companion Howard K. Stern (the executor of her estate) filed papers seeking to clarify intentions in Smith's 2001 will, which was drafted five years before her daughter's birth.

"Anna Nicole never intended to disinherit her daughter," a lawyer for Stern said after today's ruling, the Associated Press reports. "I'm pleased to say this chapter in the saga is closed."

A judge also established a trust on the 18-month-old's behalf, with Stern and Dannielynn's father, Larry Birkhead, acting as co-trustees.

Dannielynn — who recently underwent eye surgery — could still inherit millions of dollars from the estate of Smith's second husband, billionaire J. Howard Marshall. That case is currently in litigation in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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