Judge Lets Parents Challenge Custody Of Schiavo
POSTED: Wednesday, November 5, 2003
UPDATED: 4:48 pm EST November 5,
2003
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A state circuit judge Wednesday refused to block an effort by the parents of a brain-damaged woman to try to get her husband removed as her legal guardian.
Attorneys for Michael Schiavo now have to respond in court to charges in the petition that he withheld proper care and therapy from his wife, Terri Schiavo, and that he has a conflict of interest because he's in a romantic relationship with another woman. Bob and Mary Schindler, parents of Terri Schiavo, asked Circuit Judge George W. Greer to appoint Terri's brother or sister as guardian instead. Schiavo had asked for the Schindler's request to be dismissed, but Greer refused. In the past, Greer has repeatedly affirmed Michael Schiavo's legal right to remove Terri Schiavo's feeding tube and allow her to die, as he says she would have wished. The guardianship issue is a sidebar to what is likely to be a major legal battle over a hastily passed state law that let Gov. Jeb Bush order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube Oct. 21. Michael Schiavo's attorney, with backing by the American Civil Liberties Union, has challenged the constitutionality of the law.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
TERRI SCHIAVO, 1963-2005 |
Previous Stories:
- November 4, 2003: Brain-Damaged Woman's Parents Excluded From Legal Battle Over Law
- November 3, 2003: Lines Of Power Blurred With Schiavo law
- October 30, 2003: Lawyers Challenge Constitutionality Of 'Terri's Law'
- October 28, 2003: Husband Of Brain-Damaged Woman Blasts Family
- October 27, 2003: Lawyers Have Just Days To Challenge 'Terri's Law'
- October 26, 2003: Husband of Brain-Damaged Woman To Break Silence Monday
- October 24, 2003: Husband of Brain-Damaged Woman Says He'll Go To Court Next Week
- October 23, 2003: Husband Of Brain-Damaged Woman Vows To Continue Legal Fight
- October 22, 2003: Brain-Damaged Woman In Hospice
- October 22, 2003: Doctors: Suffering Unlikely For Brain-Damaged Woman
- October 22, 2003: Brain-Damaged Fla. Woman Receiving Fluids
- October 22, 2003: Gov. Bush Orders Woman's Feeding Tube Reinserted
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