Was Anna Nicole Smith married at the time of her death, or not?
NASSAU, Bahamas – Reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith exchanged vows with boyfriend Howard K. Stern on a boat near Nassau but there was no formal marriage and the ceremony is “not legally binding,” her attorney said Friday. Attorney Michael Scott said the couple exchanged vows aboard a catamaran Thursday. The ceremony took place 18 days after Smith’s 20-year-old son Daniel Smith died as he was visiting her in a Nassau hospital, where she had given birth Sept. 7 to a girl. Stern says he is the father of Smith’s baby. He has worked as an attorney for the 38-year-old former Playboy playmate and was in the hospital room when Daniel Smith died. The couple “exchanged vows before God” but did not obtain a marriage license, Scott told The Associated Press. “It was not a formal, legal arrangement,” Scott said. Trimspa, the diet products company that has employed Smith as a spokeswoman, said in a statement that the couple boarded the vessel at 3 a.m. EDT Thursday. They were joined by close friends