Battle Over Terri Schiavo Not Over

Fox News ^ | March 31, 2005 | Jane Roh

[jackibutterfly]

That was supposed to be Statute 765.

[Lexinom]

Statute 765 was ignored? Presumably on the grounds of MS's claims about his wife's wish to die if incapacitated, which wish he conveniently recalled six years after her "heart attack".

[jackibutterfly]

"...wish he conveniently recalled six years after her "heart attack".

See, that's the thing. He didn't "conveniently remember" anything. He couldn't DO anything to Terri legally until they got that law in place. Oh, he tried, when he put a DNR on her chart right after he received the award money, denied her treatment when Terri got an infection, tried to inject her with insulin, and who knows what else. Then he met Felos, and voila! Mission accomplished!

[Lexinom]

Forgive my denseness. I think I now understand your #40: in 1999 under Statute 765, nutrition and hydration became subsumed under the "life-support" umbrella. Thus "pull the plug" could become "remove the tube". I was not aware of this. Thank you.

Character notwithstanding, Felos is a sharp attorney. Pat Anderson and her husband are good people, but they never had a chance against him.

[volchef]

Research the name Richard L Pearse. He was Terri Schiavo's first appointed guardian ad litem. I believe you'll find he sided with the schindlers. Finding that Michael had too many conflicts of interest. Those pesky facts......

[jackibutterfly]

You're welcome! See, here's the history of how that Statute came to be:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1371538/posts

I don't know how to make it a link, so, would you mind copying and pasting? I think everyone on this post should read this, too.

[Lexinom]

Statute 765 history.

Here ya go.

BTW here's how to make a link, exactly what I typed for the above:

<a href= http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1371538/posts>Statute 765 history.</a>

[jackibutterfly]

Thank you so much. Now, I can link! : -)

[Dolphy]

Terri had court appointed guardians

Terri once had a guardian ad litem, Richard Pearse. He said that Terri's dehydration should not be permitted and that she should continue to be represented by a guardian ad litem. He was dismissed. The Second District Court of Appeal ruled, basically, that Judge Greer could serve both as Terri's advocate and as a neutral arbiter of her fate.

The second guardian, Wolfson, was required by the so called Terri's Law in Florida. While, in my opinion, his report was written more as a review of rulings and procedures rather than from the view of an unbiased, advocate, even he said that a swallowing test should be ordered. He too was dismissed and no swallowing test was administered.