Judge to issue ruling in Smith paternity case

A judge is to rule on a request by an ex-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith to order the former Playboy Playmate and her baby daughter to come to California to paternity test the child.

Debra Opri, lawyer for Smith’s ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead, said outside court in Los Angeles today that based on her understanding of the closed-door family court hearing, she expected Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider to rule in her client’s favour.