ANNA NICOLE SMITH - ANNA NICOLE'S MOTHER ARRIVES IN THE BAHAMAS

ANNA NICOLE SMITH's mother has arrived in The Bahamas in an effort to look after the best interests of her late daughter's baby DANNIELYNN. Retired police officer VIRGIE ARTHUR jetted to her estranged daughter's Caribbean island home on Nassau after asking fans of the model and actress to "pray for my granddaughter," on US breakfast show GOOD MORNING AMERICA yesterday (09FEB07). Arthur, who was travelling with an entourage of family members, met with Royal Bahamas police upon her arrival in The Bahamas and sources close to the family claim she's determined to make sure her five-month-old granddaughter is well looked after. Family friends claim Arthur is hoping to gain custody of baby Dannielynn ahead of an upcoming DNA test hearing in Los Angeles on 20 February (07), when a paternity battle between Smith's exboyfriend LARRY BIRKHEAD and her attorney/partner HOWARD K. STERN will be resolved. Stern's name is named as the father on the baby's birth certificate, but Birkhead insists he's Dannielynn's biological father. The baby is reportedly being cared for at an undisclosed location by a friend in The Bahamas. Smith's longtime confidante KHRISTINE EROSHEVICH (corr), who has spent time with Anna Nicole in The Bahamas, states, "The baby is being well looked-after."