Anna Nichole Smith's Will Revealed

[Scatillac]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (CNN) -- Anna Nicole Smith left everything to her son Daniel, who died in September, according to a will released Friday by a Florida court.

She also named longtime companion Howard K. Stern executor, according to the 22-page document written in 2001.

The will was never updated. It does not mention Smith's 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn. (Read the will (pdf))

Clouding an already murky legal scenario, some language in the 2001 will seems to exclude any of Smith's future spouses or children.

As executor, Stern is authorized set up and oversee a trust on behalf of Smith's beneficiaries, and to make investments on its behalf.

The document is signed "Vicky Lynn Marshall," the name Smith used before assuming her professional name.

Smith's son would have received distributions at ages 21, 25 and 30. Daniel was 20 when he died.

The judge overseeing the dispute over the former Playmate's burial ordered attorneys to file a copy of the will, which has been the subject of intense speculation since Smith's sudden death eight days ago.

The document could be crucial to giving Stern the legal standing to determine Smith's final resting place -- the subject of a contentious courtroom battle between Stern and her Smith's estranged mother, Vergie Arthur. (Watch plans for Anna Nicole's burial dress come out in court )

Stern's attorneys say Smith bought a plot in the Bahamas, next to the plot where her son, Daniel, is buried. He died in September, three days after Smith's baby daughter, Dannielynn, was born at a Bahamas hospital.

Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin also signed an order Friday to have Smith's refrigerated remains embalmed.

"We're beginning to give her peace," Seidlin said.

The procedure will be done Friday under heavy security at the Broward County Medical Examiner's office in nearby Dania Beach.

Meanwhile, the courtroom battle over Smith's affairs continued for a third day on Friday, with more days of contentious arguments to come. Any decision about releasing her body for burial isn't likely until next week at the earliest.

Seidlin ordered Stern to appear at the hearing Tuesday, and he is expected to testify. His lawyer, Krista Barth, argued unsuccessfully to have him appear by video phone from the Bahamas, where he is caring for Dannielynn.

Meanwhile, court-appointed administrator Shane Kelley began interviewing the parties to prepare for the hearing, which will serve as a mini-trial. Kelley will recommend to the judge who should receive Smith's remains for burial.

Outside the courtroom, the circus-like atmosphere surrounding the former TV reality show star's sudden death continued.

As speculation swirled over the will, another man, a former body guard, stepped forward to claim possible paternity of Smith's infant daughter.

No death certificate
Ron Rale, an attorney who represented Smith in a California paternity case, told CNN's Larry King that Stern is not named as a beneficiary in Smith's will.

"Larry, I would like to reveal it on your show. Another little tidbit. I think everybody will see that Howard Stern is not a beneficiary of that will," Rale said.

Smith's estate has not yet been opened because authorities have not yet issued a death certificate, attorneys told Seidlin on Thursday.

On Friday, Seidlin directed that the will be filed in connection with the burial dispute so it can be entered into evidence.

Smith wanted to be buried in the Bahamas, attorneys for Stern insist. Smith's estranged mother wants to take the body home to Texas for burial in the family plot, her attorneys say.

The two sides swapped barbs as they argued in court over everything from custody of the body to DNA sampling to whether a baby can be considered next of kin under Florida law. (Watch the contentious hearing played out before the cameras)

Seidlin, the judge, has displayed affable aplomb as he tries to sort through a tangle of legal arguments and competing interests. He has referred to the squabbling lawyers as "a good group" and Smith as "beautiful."

Bickering lawyers
Besides the lawyers for Stern and Arthur, there are attorneys for Smith, daughter Dannielynn, and Smith's former lover, Larry Birkhead, who is seeking a paternity test to prove he is Dannielynn's father. (Watch CNN's Jeff Toobin try to untangle the legal mess )

The lawyers have frequently traded barbs.

"The woman sitting across from me was estranged from her daughter. I have people who loved her," sniffed Barth, attorney for Stern, on Thursday. "She stands here today to take her to Texas and put her in the ground all alone. It's sad and it's sick."

Retorted Arthur's lawyer, Stephen Tunstall: "Counsel is trying to trash my client in some kind of emotional appeal. My client is her mother. She wants to take her back to Texas to be buried with the rest of the family. She has the right."

And so it went, all day Thursday for half a day on Friday and, from the looks of things, for many more days to come. The judge worked hard to keep things on track.

"We're trying to balance the rights and respect of the body with the legal issues," Seidlin said. "When we bury her, I want it to be forever,"

The judge has appointed a guardian, Miami attorney Richard Milstein, to protect the interests of Smith's infant daughter, Dannielynn. He also appointed Kelley, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer, to sort through the competing interests and advise him.

Witnesses, including people close to Smith, are expected to testify Tuesday.

Who's the father?
Birkhead and Stern each claim to be the father of Smith's nearly 6-month-old daughter, Dannielynn. Stern's name is on the birth certificate.

Smith's former bodyguard, Alexander Denk, told CNN's Larry King that he, too, could be Dannielynn's father, saying he and Smith had an off-and-on relationship for years.

Denk is the fourth person to claim he could be the child's father. Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Frederic von Anhalt, has said he and Smith had a decade-long affair and that he could have fathered the child. He filed court papers seeking a paternity test on Thursday.

Seidlin repeated several times that the most important issue to his court was the welfare of the baby. He also stressed the importance of maintaining dignity.

"We want to preserve the beauty and model figure of Ms. Smith," he said. "Beauty was important to her, as you all have indicated to me, and we want her to look beautiful when she is placed in her final resting place."

Smith, 39, died February 8 after she was found unconscious in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood, Florida.

Among the issues the attorneys wrangled over was whether Stern had legal standing to determine a burial place, or even to take part in the proceedings; and who was Smith's next-of-kin under Florida law.

Tunstall, the attorney for Smith's mother, argued that Dannielynn did not qualify because a child must be over 18 to be legally considered next-of-kin.

The release of Smith's body -- and even the embalming process -- was delayed because attorneys for Birkhead wanted a DNA sample for a paternity test.

The judge ordered an additional sample be taken.

COPY OF WILL
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/02/16/pleadings021607v2.pdf

[Darcler]

This whole thing is so sad to me.

[Scatillac]

Anna Nichole Smith Died Choking on Bahamian Cock

[Phlegm]

Anna Nichole Smith Died Choking on Bahamian Cock

In Florida and in a Seminole hotel?

[Tikker]

this has gone from weird, to overly bizarre

[Ginzburgh]

How many dudes could this woman fuck in one week? Jesus Christ, I think I'm the only one who is NOT on the list of possible babydaddy candidates.

[Durothil Skyreaver]

The only way this could get any more bizarre is if K-Fed announced he was the fater.

[Darcler]

Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband's possibility makes me lol. How out there.

A lot of these people are doing it now to get into the news. Its either Howards (which I think it is) or that photog guy. The rest are just wanting their 15 minutes.

[Harrison]

How many dudes could this woman fuck in one week? Jesus Christ, I think I'm the only one who is NOT on the list of possible babydaddy candidates.

Guess again!