Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas alongside her son after a judge left the decision up to the attorney for the model's baby daughter.
Richard Milstein, the court-appointed lawyer for five-month-old Dannielynn, announced the plans not long after a tearful judge gave him control of Smith's final resting place.
Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin steered a surprise middle course after the medical examiner warned that Smith's body was rapidly decomposing.
"Who is entitled to custody of the remains of Anna Nicole Smith?" Judge Seidlin wrote in his ruling. "There can be only one proper and equitable answer to that question: Dannielynn, Anna Nicole Smith's only child, heir and next of kin."
The ruling came a full two weeks after Smith died at a Florida hotel at age 39 of still-undetermined causes.
Smith's estranged mother wanted her buried in her native Texas, while Smith's boyfriend wanted her laid to rest in the Bahamas.
The judge, who choked up frequently and sometimes blubbered as he explained his decision, compromised and gave custody to Mr Milstein.
Smith's mother planned to appeal the judge's order, according to one of her attorneys.