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 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The drawn-out 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.
That warning from Broward County's medical examiner Tuesday came as Smith's boyfriend and her estranged mother fought over where to bury the former Playboy pinup. The legal maneuvering that was set to continue Wednesday has been going on for about a week, and Smith died Feb. 8. Her cause of death is under investigation.
Also at issue in a California court is who fathered Smith's 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, who could inherit millions of dollars. Boyfriend Howard K. Stern is listed as the father on the birth certificate, but a photographer who once dated Smith says the girl is his.
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