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3-2-07
Circuit judge Larry Seidlin presiding over Ana Nicole Smith burial trial. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
The following is news that does not bode well for the South Florida court system, who I’ve seen so much corruption from, that I can’t say I’m surprised at the current headlines regarding the Ana Nicole Smith trial, being held here.
Judge Larry Seidlin is being mocked all across the country for his conduct in the Anna Nicole Smith case. He’s said some disturbing things regarding the body.
I told you guys about the judges down here.
However, inasmuch as Seidlin did not follow the rules of procedure and violated the Judicial Cannons governing judges’ conduct (see a pattern yet with these judges), give credit where credit is due. In my view, the appointment of a guardian for 6 month old Danielynn produced the correct decision, in that Smith should be buried in the Bahamas.
Why the Bahamas and not Texas where she was born? She buried her son in the Bahamas, her daughter was born there and she also tried to establish residency there.
She loved her son and should be interned next to him. In this case, logic and what she did in life would tell you, that is what she would have wanted.
In what is a tragic situation with so many entanglements and terrible secrets being revealed, it was no place for courtroom antics, which the entire world witnessed.
It was too much. It did not help the judiciary’s name one bit, but it did highlight a lot of problems and confirm things I’d written about on this site before there was even a case. You got to see it for yourself with your own too eyes.
Judge Korda
Yes, Anna lead a crazy life, but judges are supposed to be balanced and have sense. They are adding their own touches of bizarre as well, in something that was already crazy enough to begin with.
For example, Florida judge Lawrence Korda, stated it is “conceivable” that a child can have two fathers. What!?
This is the legal foolishness I keep talking about. Only one man in this case is the father. Stop wasting taxpayer money and cut to the chase. Get the paternity tests done and close the case out. It has become an embarrassment on so many levels.
Internet posters are now making fun of Florida judges. Calling the state “Flori-duh” thanks to this rubbish. And you know what, as someone who has had to deal with some Florida judges on civil matters, I’m not defending them.
They deserve the bashing. They rob South Floridians of justice all the time and embarrass themselves with these foolish rulings, inappropriate speech and foul conduct on regular basis.
Here are a few comments from the public posted to the TMZ site:
1. No surprise — we all already knew this — FL judges are laughable. On we go! Posted at 12:18PM on Feb 28th 2007 by skippy
2. tHIS IS SO STUPID – THESE JUDGES SHOULD BE SHOT. wHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING? Posted at 12:20PM on Feb 28th 2007 by barb
3. Ha Ha Ha Opri! too bad sooooo sad. Posted at 12:20PM on Feb 28th 2007 by p
4. What the hell!!!!! Doesn’t anyone care about this baby in the court system????? I can’t believe how easy it is to do a DNA test and everyone is running away like it is a death sentence. Well, I think Howard K. $tern should just give this **** up and having the baby tested. This is NOT helping him or Danielynn…This SUCKS!!!!! Posted at 12:20PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Vickie
5. Hmmm, dosent DNA need to be taken from mother, child and alleged father to prove paternity? Posted at 12:20PM on Feb 28th 2007 by RIP ANNA
6. Odd, he doesn’t want to know who the real father! HKS refuses to submit DNA or settle the paternity question! HKS is the one holding up the burial! Posted at 12:21PM on Feb 28th 2007 by NuZu
7. At least it only took him three days to make a decision instead of five. Posted at 12:21PM on Feb 28th 2007 by CA Girl
8. Flori_Duh judges…..my oh my.Posted at 12:22PM on Feb 28th 2007 by realist
9. That low life Stern will be the only winner in this. That is so sad. Posted at 12:22PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Mike
10. C’mon already…..all they need to do is take a swab from her cheek, maybe a tube of blood…..she’s a BABY……doesn’t everyone want to get this resolved before she’s old enough to realize she’s surrounded by chaos???
Is this another judge seeking more air time???? Posted at 12:22PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Brooklyn chick
11. Ok…this is ridiculous…the father IS who he IS…that isn’t changing. just take the damn DNA of everyone and find it out. STOP DELAYING THE INEVITABLE Posted at 12:23PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Ridiculous
12. THIS IS CRAZY! I HATE IT THAT LARRY CAN’T GET ANY JUSTICE!! EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING THERE’S NO RUSH SINCE WHEN IS IT NOT URGENT THAT THE ONLY LIVING PARENT BE WITH THEIR CHILD. Posted at 12:23PM on Feb 28th 2007 by CRAZY
13. Well, Howard wins this one ’cause he’s already bought off the Bahama officials.
A child can have “two fathers” in Florida? Once again, ANOTHER Flori-Duh judge shows his ignorance. Posted at 12:24PM on Feb 28th 2007 by realist
14. conceivable that a baby can have 2 fathers???? Fla sounds like their courts are infested by lib p-c hacks for judges. sounds like court backed child stealing to me. what a joke. Posted at 12:24PM on Feb 28th 2007 by RSAV
15. If the idiot judge can appoint someone for Dannielynn why can’t this judge. DOESN’T ANYONE BESIDES LARRY BELIEVE HE HAS A RIGHT IMMEDIATELY TO FIND OUT IF HE IS THE FATHER. MOST SANE PEOPLE BELIVE HE IS. THESE JUDGES ARE A DISGRACE. Jurisdiction can’t be picked and chosen. If Florida had jurisdiction to appoint the guadian ad litem then he could do it too. Ask the idiot Millsten to ask for the DNA. He is in Florida and he is the guardian. Doesn’t he want to know in the best interest of his charge Dannielynn. He is an awful guardian if not. Posted at 12:24PM on Feb 28th 2007 by really irked
16. What a load of crap!!! Florida is a damn joke!!! How can you possibly deny a potential father the chance to find out if he has a child??? This is the biggest joke of a judicial system if I’d ever seen one. Posted at 12:24PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Traycee
17. This is such crap! Why is everyone afraid to test this baby ??? Howard must have given this judge a rolex also !!! Posted at 12:24PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Kelly
18. This is actually a win for TEAM LARRY they get it kicked back to CA….not that it likely matters a bit at this point.
I’m pretty certain, based on the demeanor of the lawyers, Opri in particular, that they’ve settled with SCUMBAG STERN behind the scenes and are just going through the motions and tying up the loose ends. Posted at 12:25PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Howard Gay Stern
19. If this was a woman trying to prove that a man was the father of her child this would of been settled months ago by the courts. Posted at 12:25PM on Feb 28th 2007 by justin
20. Opri is pissed! Like all out of state lawyers who have to stand before stupid Florida judges. Posted at 12:26PM on Feb 28th 2007 by realist
21. Deb Opri doesn’t need to raise Dannielynn with Larry Birkhead… it’s apparent they have a love affair going 
Posted at 12:26PM on Feb 28th 2007 by this case is pure bull*** – HOWARD SUPPORTER!
22. The child’s attorney? Where? A child should know who his father is? Milstein’s kid’s could have 2 fathers. Milstein is a gay dad. Posted at 12:26PM on Feb 28th 2007 by WhoPaysGal
23. how do they think WE are suppose to get it right when all these darn T.V. lawyers
cannot report it right. Posted at 12:26PM on Feb 28th 2007 by cash calf
24. I can’t believe how the courts will not hurry up and find out who that baby’s daddy is….what the hell is wrong with them? Posted at 12:27PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Bambi911
25. One thing I have to say is….Howard K $tern cant refuse to give a DNA test-not if it is court ordered. He has no choice in the matter. It is not about him…It is about this beautiful baby….Posted at 12:28PM on Feb 28th 2007 by Michelle
26. Califonia is screwed, the flordia judges won’t let Howard or the baby leave the Bahamas and they won’t let any DNA be taken. Bahamas say Howard is the father just because the mother said so. Does anyone besides me smell a payoff here? Posted at 12:28PM on Feb 28th 2007 by PJ
27. WTF is this even being issued for. The child is in another country. she has never set foot so to speak on American soil the Florida courts already ruled that they have no jurisdiction the other day ****** get to the issue at hand!! There is a rotting body at the flippin’ morgue.. BURY IT ALREADY this is sickening!!! Posted at 12:29PM on Feb 28th 2007 by ….Grateful i don’t live in FLORIDA!!!
Fla. Judge Mocked Over Anna Nicole Case
Feb 23, 6:33 PM (ET) – By MATT SEDENSKY
(AP) Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin reads his decision at the Anna Nicole Smith hearing at the Broward…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – From the state that brought you the hanging chad, now comes the crying judge. Some members of the bar and other court-watchers are cringing over the way Judge Larry Seidlin wept – no, sobbed – on live, national TV as he announced a ruling Thursday in the dispute over where Anna Nicole Smith should be buried.
Some are accusing the brash former New York cab driver of showboating for the cameras, or worse, auditioning for his own courtroom TV show, with his one-liners, his personal asides, and his smart-alecky Bronx delivery during the six-day hearing.
They say that he let the hearing drag on way too long, that he made inappropriate jokes for a dispute over a body, that he acted as if it were all about him.
“He’s like Judge Judy’s wacky little brother,” legal analyst Jefrey Toobin quipped on CNN.
The New York Post called him a “Weepy Wacko,” while the Daily News asked, “How Low Can This Judge Go?” and referred to him as “Blubbering Seidlin.” One of the Miami’s most celebrated defense attorneys, Roy Black, said of the circus-like scene in Seidlin’s courtroom: “I sort of think it gives circuses a bad name.”
Black said he was torn between being entertained as a spectator and being horrified as a legal professional.
“I thought he was one of the most entertaining things I had ever seen. He could be a TV judge. He could be a stand-up comic. However, I think he makes a horrible judge,” Black said. “He doesn’t follow any of the rules or procedures.”
In court, the 56-year-old Seidlin talked about his wife and divulged the minutiae of his days, mentioning his morning swim and the tuna sandwich he was having when assigned the case. He called Dr. Joshua Perper, the medical examiner, “Dr. Pepper.” Lawyers became known by their home states of “Texas” or “California.” The hearing often became a free-for-all, with the various parties talking at the same time.
On the last day of the hearing, Seidlin cut witnesses off altogether. From the bench, he freely aired his thoughts, including “I feel for you, Mama” to Smith’s mother. And just when everyone was ready for testimony to spill into one final day, he issued his ruling.
In the end, though, Black said he agreed with Seidlin’s tearful ruling that custody of Smith’s body go to the court-appointed lawyer representing her 5-month-old baby, Dannielynn, and he said he thought the judge’s emotions were genuine.
“I believe that he sincerely tried to do the right thing,” he said. “But while the end result is correct, it made a mockery of the system of justice.”
The baby’s lawyer ultimately decided to have Smith buried in the Bahamas, which was what Seidlin had fervently wished for from the bench. That decision represented a defeat for Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, who wanted to bury the starlet in har native Texas.
One of Arthur’s attorneys, John O’Quinn( said of the judge: “The entire nation was watching him and so he wanted to do the most bizarre thing he could.”
John Thompson, a Coral Gables lawyer, said Seidlin made a mockery of the judicial process.
“If this is hos a Circuit Court judge is supposed to act,” he said, “then the Florida Supreme Court should issue an order directing that henceforth sitting judges can wear not just robes but rather opt for the clownish outfit of a carnival barker.”
Seidlin declined to commant Friday, saying it wouldn’t be appropriate. His only hope might be that the whole thing will eventually go away.
“You’re all done with me,” he said as he prepared to make his ruling Thursday. “I’m not going to talk about this case ever again.”
At one point earlier this week, Seidlin rejected some of the characterizations of his courtroom: “There’s no circus here, my friend.”
Seidlin does have his admirers, too, including the attorneys for Larry Birkhead, one of at least two men who claim to be the father of Smith’s baby.
“Sometimes lightening up a little helps everyone relax,” said one, Susan Brown.
Eve Preminger, a former New York judge, said Seidlin could have curtailed his comments and held back his feelings, but he shouldn’t be criticized so intensely for it.
“I just don’t think it’s the worst sin a judge could commit,” she said. “I’d rather have an overemotional judge who cares than a mean judge who doesn’t. We judges are so concerned with our dignity that sometimes we lose sight of the human issues.”
