HOLLYWOOD - Anna Nicole Smith's
former boyfriend Larry Birkhead is so certain he'll win the ongoing
custody battle for the tragic model's baby daughter Dannielynn he's
creating a nursery in his home.
The photographer was back in a Los Angeles courtroom yesterday
asking a judge for a DNA test to determine the real father of the
six-month-old tot.
In a private session, a judge refused to grant Birkhead's request
that Smith's companion at the time of her death, Howard K. Stern,
take a paternity test, but Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider
said he would review the matter and scheduled a follow-up hearing
for March 27.
Optimistic Birkhead, who insists he's Dannielynn's biological
father, says the delay isn't dampening his spirit as he readies for
what he feels is the inevitable.
He says, "I've been putting a nursery together, so I'm smiling. I'm
in a good mood."
Meanwhile, at a press conference yesterday, attorneys in the
paternity dispute between Birkhead and Stern confirmed there had
been private talks about Dannielynn's future in the Bahamas, where
Anna Nicole was laid to rest at the beginning of the
month.