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A third party cannot seek an annulment in civic court. I think my husband and I would not be married if that was the case; both sides of the family would have teamed up to undo what is 21 years of marital, um, well, mostly he stands around reading over my shoulder....Okay. It's not bliss but it'll do. :-)

Seriously, the change in law that is most desperately needed is a way for concerned family members to have guardianship taken away from someone, even a spouse, who has serious conflict of interest and is not acting in the best interest of the patient. By denying Terry the therapy that might have restored her (to the point of being able to testify against him, maybe?) he clearly never was acting in her best interest.

There are assisted communication therapies that might have enabled Terri to communicate. She can move her eyes. That's all that is needed--she could have told everyone exactly what happened to her and exactly what she wanted. But he wouldn't let anyone near her who could give her that power.