Anna Nicole Smith to be buried in the Bahamas

A judge has ordered that Anna Nicole Smith's body be given to the custody of the guardian of Smith's infant daughter. Judge Seidlin made no secret of his wishes: "I want her buried with her son in the Bahamas," he told a stunned courtroom. "I want them to be together."

However, the mother of Smith, Virgie Arthur, said she will formally appeal this decision today (Friday, February 23, 2007) in Florida's 4th District Court of Appeals.

"I'm very grateful that Anna Nicole's wishes are going to be carried out," Stern told reporters outside the courthouse. "That's all that matters."

Said Birkhead: "We all loved Anna and it's in her best interest to come together."

The medical examiner, Joshua Perper, predicted the appeal would be dismissed in short order. "Probably in a day or two there's going to be a final decision," he told reporters. "So we'll be able to make the arrangements."

Perper, who carried out the autopsy, said it will likely take another 10 to 14 days before he can determine the cause of death, but expressed confidence he would be able to do so. "At this time, we don't have any evidence of foul play," he said about Smith's death.

Thursday's decision does not mean that legal issues related to Smith will end soon. Birkhead's lawyers filed a motion in a Florida family court asking for an emergency hearing to be held Friday morning to request that a DNA sample be taken from Dannielynn.

The Rundown: Smith married Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II in 1994 when he was 89 and she was 26. She had been fighting his family over his estimated $500 million fortune since his death in 1995.