Stay sought to block Smith's burial

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Anna Nicole Smith's burial is on hold as Florida courts consider whether her daughter's court-appointed guardian should decide where Smith is buried.

Attorneys for Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, filed papers Friday with both Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin, who issued the ruling, and the Fourth District Court of Appeals in West Palm Beach, Fla., to block the burial in the Bahamas, MSNBC said.

Seidlin ruled Thursday that Smith's body should be given to her 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, who is represented by Richard Milstein, a court-appointed guardian. Milstein decided Smith should be buried in the Bahamas beside her son, Daniel, who died in September.

Arthur said she wants to bury Smith in Texas, her home state.

Smith died Feb. 8 of unknown causes in a Hollywood, Fla., hospital where she was taken after being found unresponsive in her hotel room.