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A final attempt by Anna Nicole Smith's tenacious, pug-faced mother Virgie Arthur to prevent paternity sweepstakes winner Larry Birkhead from returning to the U.S. with daughter Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern Birkhead (according to her reissued birth certificate!) has been shot down by a Bahamian court:

Virgie Arthur's appeal to block Larry Birkhead from leaving the Bahamas with Dannielynn has been turned down, Access Hollywood's Tony Potts reports from inside the courtroom.

One judge called Arthur's appeal "weak," and ordered her to pay $3,000 in attorney's fees for wasting the court's time.

With that final hurdle cleared, Dannielynn's local debut is surely just moments away. Should you happen upon the happy pair zipping up a Beverly Center escalator on their way to Pottery Barn Kids, sharing a lunch of Cobb salad and mashed banana on The Ivy's patio, or heading into a Hollywood Blvd. tattoo parlor for Dannielynn's first lower back etching of her mother, feel free to take in the happy scene from afar, sensitive to father and daughter's privacy needs in these crucial bonding moments.