Anna Nicole Smith’s friends and family awaited the release of her body today, as they planned for starlet’s funeral in the Bahamas after weeks of legal wrangling over her remains.

Anna Nicole Smith will be buried next to her son Daniel in the Bahamas on Friday morning after a Florida court rejected an appeal by the late star's estranged mother.

A three-judge appeals panel in Florida expressed doubts today about burying Anna Nicole Smith in Texas, as her mother wants, but also questioned how the advocate in charge of funeral plans knew the Playboy model intended to be laid to rest in the Bahamas.

Anna Nicole Smith’s estranged mother today asked a Florida appeals court to overturn a judge’s decision over who controls where the starlet should be buried.

A US judge last night expressed doubt that he had jurisdiction to get involved in the paternity dispute over Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daughter, a day after the starlet’s remains were ordered to be buried in the Bahamas next to those of her son.

CRYING as he announced his ruling, a judge said yesterday he hopes Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas, but he left the decision up to the guardian of her baby daughter.