Anna Nicole Smith's Mother Disputes Attorney's Paternity Claims  9/30/06

Anna Nicole Smith's grieving mother Virgie Arthur has questioned attorney Howard K Stern's paternity claims to her granddaughter, insisting she doesn't think he's baby Dannilynn's father.

Stern made claims he was the father when he appeared on US chat show Larry King Live on Tuesday (26SEP06), but Smith's ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, is also asserting his fatherhood.

Now, Smith's mother has waded in with her opinion on US TV news show Entertainment Tonight.

Speaking publicly about the paternity of baby Dannilynn, she says, "I don't think (Howard is the father). I mean, if he thinks it's his baby, what's the problem? Why doesn't he just do the (paternity) test and show everyone?"

Arthur admits she believes Birkhead, who has offered to take a paternity test to prove he's the biological father - and has challenged Stern to do the same.

She adds, "I kind of believe him; I would like to. I would like for him to do the paternity test to see. I would like to see whose baby it is."