Blanchard and Anderson are still legally married, although they are separated and planning to divorce. Under Louisiana law, Anderson would have automatically been listed as the father on this child’s birth certificate if not for a paternity test. This applies not only to estranged married couples, but also to couples who have been divorced for less than 300 days at the time of birth. The paternity test allows Urker to be put on the birth certificate, which could be important for legal, medical or symbolic reasons.

A source close to Blanchard said she underwent a noninvasive prenatal paternity test, or NIPP. It showed that Urker is the father and they have a little girl. However, Anderson’s attorney, Randy J. Fuerst, questioned the need for the procedure, saying PEOPLE it was “very unusual”.

“In my 40 years of practice — mine and other attorneys in this office for longer combined periods of time — I’ve never seen anyone do a paternity test before birth because there’s no need to do that.” , he said. “Usually you wait until the baby is born and then the paternity test is done. And if it turns out, as we suspect, the child is her current boyfriend’s, then the birth certificate is changed to a court order after the child’s birth.”

Blanchard and Urker announced they were expecting a child together in July, due in January 2025. Blanchard became engaged to Urker while in prison when they connected through a pen pal program. However, they split before her release and she married Anderson in a prison ceremony in July 2022. She was released in December 2023 and made several media appearances with Anderson before they split in March 2024. A little over a month later, she rekindled her relationship with Urker.