Editing Anna Nicole Smith (section)

===Birth of daughter===
A psychiatrist said she met with Smith in April 2006 at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles while she was pregnant with her daughter, and that she believed that Smith had [[borderline personality disorder]], and was [[Prescription drug addiction|addicted to prescription medications]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Psychiatrist Testifies About Her Drug Use |url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/08/13/anna-nicole-smiths-psychiatrist-testifies-about-her-drug-use/ |access-date=October 16, 2020 |date=August 13, 2010 |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528095230/https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/08/13/anna-nicole-smiths-psychiatrist-testifies-about-her-drug-use/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Victoria |title=Anna Nicole Smith's bodyguard tells of her drug, alcohol abuse in her last days |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-07-la-me-anna-nicole-smith-20100807-story.html |access-date=October 16, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120042359/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-07-la-me-anna-nicole-smith-20100807-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 
{{main|Dannielynn Birkhead paternity case}}
On June 1, 2006, Smith announced her pregnancy in a video clip on her official website.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqioG2lV6ug |title=Anna Nicole Smith is pregnant |publisher=Youtube |date=June 1, 2006 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=October 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029201515/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqioG2lV6ug |url-status=live }}</ref> She gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn, on September 7, 2006, in [[New Providence]], The Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2006/10/16/birth-certificate-for-anna-nicoles-baby/ |title=Birth Certificate for Anna Nicole's Baby |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081548/https://www.tmz.com/2006/10/16/birth-certificate-for-anna-nicoles-baby/ |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |website=TMZ.com |date=October 16, 2006}}</ref> In an interview on [[CNN]]'s ''[[Larry King Live]]'' after the death of Smith's son, attorney [[Howard K. Stern]] said that he and Smith had been in a relationship for "a very long time" and said he was the father.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/26/smith.baby/index.html |title=Attorney: I'm Anna Nicole's baby's father |work=CNN |date=September 27, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210045645/http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/26/smith.baby/index.html |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Entertainment photographer Larry Birkhead claimed that he was the baby's father and filed a lawsuit to establish paternity.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,217358,00.html |title=Ex-Boyfriend Challenges Paternity of Anna Nicole Smith's Daughter |agency=Associated Press |date=October 3, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |work=Fox News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313051005/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C217358%2C00.html |archive-date=March 13, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Bahamian [[birth certificate]] recorded the father as Stern.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27268991.shtml |title=Anna Nicole Smith Names Howard K Stern as Dad on Birth Certificate |website=NationalLedger.com |date=October 11, 2006 |last=Atkins |first=Jill |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107054743/http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=5&num=8991 |archive-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

A judge in the United States ordered that [[DNA paternity test]]s be performed to determine Dannielynn's biological father. Following Smith's death, Birkhead's attorney asked for an emergency DNA sample to be taken from Smith's body.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/people/after-the-death-burial-by-blog/2007/02/09/1170524284742.html |title=Baby with mother of a court battle |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=February 10, 2007 |first=Mark |last=Coultan |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211174952/http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/after-the-death-burial-by-blog/2007/02/09/1170524284742.html |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> The request was denied by a judge who ordered that her body be preserved until February 20.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17063518 |title=Judge refuses to order DNA test on Smith |website=[[NBCNews.com]] |agency=Associated Press |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108160316/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17063518/ns/today-entertainment/t/judge-refuses-order-dna-test-smith |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On February 9, 2007, [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]]'s husband, [[Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt]], stated that he had had a decade-long affair with Smith and could potentially be the father of her daughter.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_125 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213054347/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_125 |archive-date=February 13, 2007 |title=Gabor Husband may be Smith's baby's dad |date=February 9, 2007 |website=[[Yahoo News]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=February 14, 2007}}</ref> Smith's former bodyguard and chef, Alexander Denk, also claimed that he had an affair with Smith and that he, too, was potentially the father.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/02/alex_denk.php |title=Could Anna Nicole's Bodyguard Be Dannielynn's Father? |date=February 12, 2007 |website=extratv.warnerbros.com |publisher=Warner Bros. |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=May 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519054308/http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/02/alex_denk.php |url-status=dead}}</ref>

After Smith's death, the [[TMZ]] website reported that she had been given a prescription for [[methadone]] under a false name while she was in her eighth month of pregnancy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/02/14/the-doctor-who-scored-methadone-for-anna-nicole/ |title=The Doctor Who Scored Methadone for Anna Nicole |date=February 14, 2007 |website=TMZ.com |access-date=February 14, 2006 |archive-date=February 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216025806/http://www.tmz.com/2007/02/14/the-doctor-who-scored-methadone-for-anna-nicole/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Medical Board of California]] launched a review into the matter. The prescribing doctor, Sandeep Kapoor, said the treatment he had administered was "sound and appropriate".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-17-me-doctor17-story.html |title=Smith's doctor defends treatment |last=Proctor |first=Charles |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 17, 2007 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-date=July 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715023043/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/17/local/me-doctor17 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2007, a Bahamian judge ruled that DNA tests had established Birkhead as the biological father.<ref>{{cite news |last=Turnquest |first=Paul |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1040771120070410 |title=Birkhead is father of Anna Nicole's baby |work=Reuters |date=April 10, 2007 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=January 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110024526/http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1040771120070410 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Birkhead subsequently applied for an amended birth certificate listing him as Dannielynn's father, paving the way for him to obtain a [[passport]] for the baby to leave with him for the United States. Stern did not contest the DNA results or the ruling,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/10/smith.baby/index.html |title=After DNA test, Birkhead ruled Smith's baby's dad |date=April 10, 2007 |work=CNN |access-date=April 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410222759/http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/10/smith.baby/index.html |archive-date=April 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and Birkhead returned to the United States with the baby.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/05/01/the-baby-has-landed/ |title=The Baby Has Landed |date=May 1, 2007 |website=TMZ.com |access-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719043752/https://www.tmz.com/2007/05/01/the-baby-has-landed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, appealed the ruling, but her appeal was denied and she was ordered to pay costs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=23ce4997-acc2-473e-a41e-460016d13f64 |title=Court Disses Virgie; Larry and Baby to Leave Bahamas |date=April 27, 2007 |website=[[E! Online]] |last=Errico |first=Marcus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302021317/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=23ce4997-acc2-473e-a41e-460016d13f64 |archive-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref>