Anna Nicole Smith‘s estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, is delighted with the news the tragic model’s ex-lover Larry Birkhead is the biological father of her granddaughter.
The former Texas police officer was in court in the Bahamas yesterday when the results of a March DNA test were announced, ending a six-month paternity battle.
Speaking on the steps of the courthouse moments after Birkhead revealed the news to supporters and reporters, stating, “My baby’s gonna be coming home pretty soon,” Arthur revealed she’s now hoping to work with the photographer to make sure she can play grandma to her granddaughter.
In a brief statement, Arthur read, “All I care about and all I’ve ever cared about is the safety and well being of my little granddaughter, Dannielynn.
“I’m happy that Dannielynn will know who her real father is and I look forward to working with Larry, raising my granddaughter and doing what is very best for her.”
Arthur and her attorney, Roberta Mandel, will be back in court on Friday as part of a custody trial, but she insists she won’t be challenging Birkhead for the baby.
Mandel says, “We’re looking to work with Larry. In this jurisdiction there can be double or two guardians and she is the only relative on the maternal side of the child.
“We think it would be in Dannielynn’s best interests to know her (mother’s) mother and her mother’s family, to interact with that family, to know her grandmother.”
Before leaving the courthouse, Arthur, who refused to answer questions from the media, said, “I just wanna be the grandmother.”
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