Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sadness and in joy, to cherish and continually bestow upon her your heart’s deepest devotion, forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto her as long as you both shall live?
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 92-939-15 EXCERPT OF JURY TRIAL - TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL RICHARD SCHIAVO
( November 5, 1992)
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Q. Why did you want to learn to be a nurse?
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A. Because I enjoy it and I want to learn more how
to take care of Terry.
Q. You're a young man. Your life is ahead of you.
Your future is beyond you. Up the road, when you look up
the road, what do you see for yourself?
A. I see myself hopefully finishing school and taking
care of my wife.
Q. Where do you want to take care of your wife?
A. I want to bring my wife home.
Q. If you had the resources available to you, if you
had the equipment and the people, would you do that?
A. Yes, I would, in a heartbeat.
Q. How do you feel about being married to Terry now?
A. I feel wonderful. She's my life and I wouldn't
trade her for the world. I believe in my -- I believe in my
wedding vows.
Q. What do you mean? You want to take a minute?
A. Yeah.
MR. WOODWORTH: If the Court would let us take a
minute.
Q. (BY MR. WOODWORTH:) You okay?
A. Yeah. I'm sorry.
Q. Have -- you said you believe in your wedding vows,
what do you mean by that?
A. I believe in the vows that I took with my wife,
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through sickness, in health, for richer or poorer. I
married my wife because I love her and I want to spend the
rest of my life with her. I'm going to do that.
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