The difference between Terri and your wife is that Terri is not dying. Sadly, your wife was. You made sure she was as comfortable as was humanly possible as she died. Terri is not dying. She will not die soon unless she is killed. The state of Florida is proposing to initiate a process that will end her life intentionally. It is my understanding that, no matter how well she is taken care of, Terry will not get better. If that be true, and assuming Terry is going to stay in the hospital (or nursing home) forever, how would that interfere with the husband's common law relationship? Prevent him from legitimizing the relationship and the kids?
Look winston, you've self identified as a lawyer. You know as well as I do that your question and comment are irrelevant. The question is not whether he has a conflict it's whether he
may have a conflict. The answer to that is self evident. Of course he may.
And so we must ask why Judge Greer and the Florida Superior Courts simply ignore the law as written by the Florida Legislature.