DNA tests have revealed that Anna Nicole Smith’s ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead fathered her baby, a Bahamas court has ruled.

DNA analysis has proved that Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend Larry Birkhead is the father of her baby daughter, an expert in genetic evidence said last night.

The identity of the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s infant daughter could be revealed in Nassau, Bahamas, today in the latest round in the custody dispute pitting the former Playboy Playmate’s ex-boyfriend against her lawyer-turned-partner.

Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daughter is to have a DNA test to find out who her father is, according to a lawyer for the tragic former Playboy model.

An ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith returned to a Bahamas court today to press ahead with his claim for paternity of her baby daughter.

With feuding guests, booing spectators and a coffin draped in a pink cover studded with rhinestones spelling out her name, Anna Nicole’s Smith’s funeral was part soap opera, part circus.

Tragic Anna Nicole Smith was finally laid to rest today alongside her son Daniel, but reportedly only after a failed last-ditch attempt by her estranged mother to halt her burial in the Bahamas.

A US Supreme Court justice today denied a motion by Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, to halt the burial of the former Playboy Playmate and take her body to Texas, according to reports tonight.

The coffin holding Anna Nicole Smith’s body was today loaded onto a private flight to the Bahamas for her funeral, after weeks of legal wrangling over where the pin-up should be buried.

Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith will be buried beside her 20-year-old son tomorrow in a custom-made gown after an extravagant private and "very pink" ceremony bringing together three factions battling for custody of her infant daughter.

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.

An appeals court today upheld a judge’s ruling that allowed Anna Nicole Smith to be buried in the Bahamas.

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 mother received permission to see the former Playboy Playmate’s daughter, her lawyer said.

A Florida appeals court today issued a stay in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith’s body, ruling that her remains cannot be moved to the Bahamas until the court hears a challenge from the starlet’s estranged mother.

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.

Some members of the legal profession and other court-watchers are cringing over the way Judge Larry Seidlin wept – no, sobbed – on live, national TV as he announced a ruling in the dispute over where Anna Nicole Smith 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.

Hugh Hefner says he believes Anna Nicole Smith – a former Playboy Playmate - wanted to be buried in the Bahamas next to her late son, Daniel.

ANNA Nicole Smith’s ex-boyfriend testified yesterday that he tried to curb the former centrefold’s drug use and the judge referred to her long-time companion, Howard K Stern, as “maybe an enabler”.

Anna Nicole Smith’s estranged mother and her ex-boyfriend both testified that the starlet said she wanted to be buried in California, not the plots in the Bahamas or Texas that have been the focus of the fierce week-long legal debate.

Anna Nicole Smith’s estranged mother told a judge tonight she wants to exhume her grandson – buried in the Bahamas – and bring his body to Texas to be buried along with his starlet mother in her home state.

The drawn-out US court battle over what to do with Anna Nicole Smith’s body has a new sense of urgency – the starlet’s remains are decomposing more quickly than expected and a public viewing could be in danger.

ANNA NICOLE SMITH wanted to be buried in the Bahamas next to her son, her companion said yesterday as he made his court debut in the battle over the former model’s body.

A judge trying to decide where former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith should be buried, tonight backed off his suggestion that he also needed to determine who fathered the her baby daughter.

Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith has the right to rest in “peace and tranquility,” a US judge says, as the row over her burial continues.

Anna Nicole Smith’s companion emerged from seclusion at a waterfront Bahamas mansion today and was expected to travel to Florida for a hearing on where the reality TV star’s remains should be buried.

Anna Nicole Smith’s longtime partner, Howard Stern, is in shock over the former Playboy Playmate’s death but her five-month-old daughter is doing well, a friend of the couple said.

Anna Nicole Smith has lashed out at her mother for making TV claims that the former model's partner, attorney Howard K Stern, was to blame for her son's death.