Judge Lets Parents Challenge Custody Of Schiavo
http://www.local6.com/news/2614235/detail.html POSTED: 4:23 p.m. EST November 5, 2003
UPDATED: 4:28 p.m. EST November 5, 2003
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A state circuit judge Wednesday refused to block an effort by the parents of a brain-damage 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.
he has a conflict of interest because he's in a romantic relationship with another womanSchiavo's in a romantic relationship with another woman. What a euphemism. I don't know whether to laugh or barf.
But that said, thanks for the good news.
Thank you for posting this! I wonder how long Michael has to respond to these charges.
Whoa, very good news Rose.