DCF Considers Removing Schiavo from Hospice by Force

Palm Beach Post ^ | 3.23.05 | Dara Kam

[gopwinsin04]

State officials say they are considering removing Terri Schiavo from hospice, by force if necessary, despite numerous court orders upholding the removal of the artificial nutrition tube that has kept her alive for 15 years.

Lucy Hadl, secretary of the Department of Children and Families, said Wednesday morning that her staff is relying on a state law that gives the department the authority to intervene on behalf of a vulnerable adult who is 'suffering from abuse or neglect that presents a risk of death or serious physical injury.'

Hadl said that the DCF would have to file a petition in order to remove Schiavo, but that 'it doesn't mean we'd have to have judicial approval in advance of taking the action if we believed it met the threshold for doing it.'

Hadl said that seven years of court rulings backing Schiavo's husband Michael, in his contention that Terri Schiavo did not wish to be kept alive artificially would not stop the DCF from taking action.

'We're not compelled to look at prior judicial proceedings,' Hadl said.

What we are compelled to look at is the presenting circumstances and any allegiations of abuse and neglect that we have recieved. So we have to deal with those and fufill out statutory responsibility.'

[adiaireton8]

Just because the courts have said it, does not make it right. Have you ever heard of Nazi Germany? It is never right to starve someone to death, no matter what the courts say.

-A8

[Fudd Fan]

I'll add the- uh, girlfriend of Michael Skeevo gladly. We only ever hear exactly nothing about her. WHY

[7.62 x 51mm]

DO IT, already!

[cherry]

Is this the same husband who was cheating on Terri even before her supposed "accident" and is this the same husband who is going to inherit a ton of money when he starves his wife to death?

oh yeah....THAT husband......

[Miss Behave]

Bumpin' that, Ski!

My God!

[Jimmyclyde]

Take a look at her my friend.

That is not life.

She has been force feed for 15 years.

Over 20 judges have said that it was not Terri's wish to remain in that pathetic state.

No rational person would want too.

[supercat]

Congress should cut the budget of the 11th Circuit in half. You don't have to cut the salaries of the judges, just get rid of most of their support staff.

How about making them the most well-paid bathroom-cleaners in the Capitol?

[AmericaUnited]

A court order was just issued specifically prohibiting the Floriduh CPS or whatever it is called from attempting to take custody of her or reinsert her feeding tube.

SCREW EM! The are not the supreme authorities! The DCF is exercising it power it authority that comes from legislative laws. THE JUDICAL TYRANTS NEED TO GET SLAPPED DOWN AND UNDERSTAND THEY ARE CO-EQUAL! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

[cubreporter]

Oh, and did He tell YOU that?

[DouglasKC]

There have been sworn affadavits by workers alleging abuse. If these charges were leveled at anyone else the DCF would have stepped in right away.

[Fury]

I understand the anger but, please, that comment is too extreme...

? Are you talking about a comment I sent?

[dacon]

That was not Stalin, who asked how many tanks did the pope have. It was the Holy Roman Emperor before he sacked Rome and killed thousands. He was a devout Catholic who ended his days in a monastery.

[adiaireton8]

How can we know this is not his plan, this is not Terri's purpose?

If this question had any merit, any murderer could use it as a defense. "How can we know whether God wanted my victim dead?"

-A8

[conserv13]

Thank you.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The judge issued the order while he said he would review the states request for custody let Felos write his decision for him

[not-alone]

Thank you , I am upset that no thought for the families of others at that hospice. I remember the the help and comfort my son {7 years old then} received from a grief counseling group for children when my husband died at a hospice in WPB. I can only imagine what it must be like for them.

[Edmund Burke]

Do you remember seeing film clips of that notorious Nazi judge Freisler on TV berating the people brought before him. This guy Greer appears to be a lot like him.

[Tamatoa]

Jesus died on the cross to save our lives. Maybe from the agony and suffering of one woman will bring changes and save many more lives. God has a reason and a plan for everyones life. But I will continue to pray for a miracle.

[conserv13]

THE JUDICAL TYRANTS NEED TO GET SLAPPED DOWN

The presiding judge is elected. In fact, he was just re-elected.

[My Favorite Headache]

With this move...the movie rights and the film rights just went up a few million dollars.