[Cboldt]

If I'm not mistaken, the legal guardian has the right to cease all treatment to a person in this condition if the person is not capable of speaking for themselves.

That comment reflects a mistake. The legal guardian has a DUTY to carry out the patient's wishes. If the patient's wishes aren't known, a court finds the patient's wishes and charges the guardian with the duty.

[Borges]

Fair enough. Based on all the heardings the Schindler's lawyers haven't been able to disprove the husband's assertion that he knew her wishes. The buren of proof is on them I think. Again I was hoping they would find some legal way to reverse this but it doesn't look like there is one.

[teenyelliott]

If the patient's wishes aren't known, a court finds the patient's wishes and charges the guardian with the duty.

If a patients wishes are not known, it is the family, not the courts, who decides what they think the person might have wanted. The only reason the courts are involved in this case at all is because Terri's legal guardian (like it or not), made a decision that other family members did not agree with. The courts in this case are being used to settle a family dispute.