# Birkhead's the Daddy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538 "2007-04-10T20:22:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/1 "2007-04-10T20:22:17Z")
[CNN Story](http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/10/smith.baby/index.html) Talk about hitting the lottery! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/2 "2007-04-10T20:47:33Z")
No one said this story could get any more convoluted/weirder. I do feel for Stern. I think he really loves that child, well beyond any _last link_ to Anna, etc. Let the festivities commence, once again. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/3 "2007-04-10T20:47:45Z")
He hit something alright, but I think what he hit was “it”. I always thought it would be him. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/4 "2007-04-10T21:18:22Z")
I knew it! I knew it when Howard Stern tried to stop the DNA testing. Of the pathetic excuses for human beings in the running to father this child, he seems the least objectionable. I hope he will be a good father to the little girl and keep her firmly away from the spotlight and the enabling syncophants who hastened her mother’s death. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/5 "2007-04-10T21:19:53Z")
So does this make Smith’s will moot? Didn’t she designate Stern as the child’s guardian? I don’t have a dog in this fight, I’m just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/6 "2007-04-10T21:23:17Z")
Thank God. I’m a little short this month, and I was having a hard time figuring out how to cover the formula costs. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/7 "2007-04-10T21:27:41Z")
Yay! Can we stop hearing about this now? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/8 "2007-04-10T22:01:58Z")
Bummer. I was hoping it would be the Old Geezer Spermsicle or Prince Zsa-Zsa von Scheißkopf. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/9 "2007-04-10T22:03:37Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I don’t have a dog in this fight, I’m just curious. [/QUOTE] I think you’re protesting your innocence a bit too much… Ladies and gentlemen I submit to your consideration that AUNTIEPAM is in fact…LARRY BIRKHEAD! (Though after that $620k bill for legal services you just got stuck with it’s not surprising that you’re asking for advice here.) ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/10 "2007-04-10T22:11:31Z")
This gives me an idea for a new reality tv show. Who Wants To Marry the Father of Anna Nicoles Baby? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/11 "2007-04-10T22:27:24Z")
I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/12 "2007-04-10T22:29:47Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] I don’t care. [/QUOTE] I don’t care that AskNott doesn’t care. (will it end here, I wonder?) ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/13 "2007-04-10T22:31:57Z")
Awww, Stern seemed the most stable of the lot. Does Birkenhead’s paternity overrule Anna’s will? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/14 "2007-04-10T23:11:36Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] So does this make Smith’s will moot? Didn’t she designate Stern as the child’s guardian? I don’t have a dog in this fight, I’m just curious. [/QUOTE] To the extant that Anna arranged for Stern to be Dannilyn’s guardian, yes. The bigger question is does Birkhead, as Dannilyn’s father, get to control her inheritance until she turns 18? She did inheirit her mother’s claims to the Marshall estate. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/15 "2007-04-10T23:32:54Z")
Two legit questions about this case: 1. The baby is in the Bahamas. Does this change jack as far as Stern’s rights (since Bahamian law goes with birth certificate over biology)? 2. Has it been revealed how much of an estate Anna Nicole left _in her own right_ (i.e. not taking into account money from the Marshall estate which may be a billion or which her heir may never see a dime of). I know there’s a disputed matter of who owns the house she lived in (which would seem pretty easy to resolve- whose name is the deed in?) that would fluctuate the estate’s worth by about $1 million, but between her endorsements and the reality show and other ventures and courtesan duties she certainly earned a fortune in recent years. I was curious if she kept any of it. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/16 "2007-04-11T00:05:15Z")
Good Og why are we supposed to care abou tthis? Make that skank go away! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/17 "2007-04-11T00:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Two legit questions about this case: 1. The baby is in the Bahamas. Does this change jack as far as Stern’s rights (since Bahamian law goes with birth certificate over biology)?.. [/QUOTE] Apparently Stern is willing to help Birkhead get full custody (or at least claims to). He does want a “gradual transition” for Dannielynn. :dubious: He did try an Appeal, but backed down and the Bahamian Court of Appeals ordered him to pay court costs. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/18 "2007-04-11T00:47:01Z")
[QUOTE=Paintcharge] Good Og why are we supposed to care abou tthis? Make that skank go away! [/QUOTE] Scandal, glamor, wealth, promiscuity, international law, sex, drug use, beautiful people dying mysteriously, media field day, morality play, odd characters- it’s good melodrama. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/19 "2007-04-11T00:50:08Z")
Crap! I was hoping it would turn into a Maury moment where they test about 10 guys and none are the father. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538/20 "2007-04-11T00:52:41Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] This gives me an idea for a new reality tv show. Who Wants To Marry the Father of Anna Nicoles Baby? [/QUOTE] This actually just happened: I quoted your post to Mrsin and he spit red wine all over his lap-top and our green leather chair. You win Antinor01. The proverbial just happened. 🆒 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkheads-the-daddy/399538.md?page=2)