Anna Nicole Smith’s mother Virgie Arthur met her almost six-month old granddaughter Dannielynn for the first time yesterday.

Virgie was seen weeping as she left the home Anna Nicole shared with Howard K Stern in the Bahamas after meeting the infant.

Virgie received permission to meet Dannielynn as part of the ongoing custody hearing but her lawyer Deborah Rose insists that the visit was not granted by the court itself.

After meeting the child, Virgie flew to Florida to attend a hearing regarding overturning Judge Larry Seidlin’s order that Anna Nicole should be buried in the Bahamas. After Judge Seidlin refused her request for appeal, Virgie has taken the case to the Florida 4th District Court of Appeal and the hearing will begin today, although the three judges assigned to the case have not said when they will announce their verdict.

Virgie’s visit comes just days after Larry Birkhead met the baby he claims is his daughter for the first time at the weekend.

Larry told Access Hollywood that he knew from the moment he first saw a picture of Dannielynn in a magazine that “there’s no doubt” that she is his daughter. He added that despite being listed as the dad on the birth certificate, Howard knows he’s not the father.

According to TMZ, Howard has now all but conceded that Larry is the father but will only cooperate with the paternity case if he is awarded a home owned by Anna Nicole in the Bahamas, a boat she purchased in Florida shortly before her death and some other assets - as well as be Dannielynn’s trustee.