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If there isn't a clear court order to withhold nourishment, and there is reasonable doubt as to the legal authority of the granddaughter in question to be making medical decisions for the patient, the hospice would stick the tube back in fast, and wait for a definitive decision from a court.

Sounds like the hospice pretty much did do that.

The article says that the hospice did start an IV when the outraged siblings arrived. The next day, while her siblings were arranging with hospice for transport to a medical center, the probate judge granted the granddaughter emergency guardianship and the transport was not allowed.