Here's the Florida Law Allowing DCF to Take Terri

Florida Statutes | 3/23/05 | Tomahawk

[AaronInCarolina]

Just because he's stopped worshipping at a particular church doesn't mean he isn't a Christian./i>

I didn't say anything even remotely approaching that. Please read more carefully. I merely pointed out that he received a lot of criticism for his actions.

[agincourt1415]

I'm FED UP TO THE TEETH with JUDGES, fire them all!

Now the American Public knows how screwed up our Courts are.

Reelect No JUDGES!

JUDGE GREER resign, let TERRI be your last case.

[stlnative]

I am rude? LOL... the point is they have if they rush in there without planning how they are going to take out they could kill her while they are trying to save her.

Not to mention that some right die idiot might decide to jump in front of the ambulance while they taking her out of there.

Again the point is go in and get her without killing her or getting someone else killed.

[workerbee]

Jeb Bush.... DCF.... whoever! Unless they want to take custody of a corpse, they need to get her out of there now! She is unlikely to last another 24 hours without water!

I'm sorry but WTF is taking so long???

[presently no screen name]

In any event they (and Gov. Bush) will be treading on almost non-existant legal ice

GOOD! Set some presedence - it is all for the greater good!

[sandbar]

>>>The statute makes no provision for a court to be able to stop DCF from taking anyone they determine to be at risk in an emergency situation. A judge is only given a say after the fact. The judge has overstepped his boundaries... again.>>>

Yes, but the question is, will anyone and I mean ANYONE dare to question the authority of GOD(Greer in the state of Florida apparently)???

[AaronInCarolina]

Unless they want to take custody of a corpse, they need to get her out of there now!

I suspect (hope) that Jeb is in contact with the Schindlers and has some idea of her condition. Hopefully this is true and the Schindlers have informed him that she can wait a day. It would be a huge benefit to be able to keep her in protective custody for the whole weekend to get her plenty of hydration and food.

[sandbar]

>>>Agreed...Greer is WAY out of control. Is he a member of the 'Hemlock Society' and/or The "Church" of Scientology?>>>

Actually, he's a republican who just got kicked out of his Baptist Church.

[verity]

I must be getting tired because I cannot find the specific language of the denial. Do you have it or have we both gone overboard assuming things?

[Catspaw]

If Greer can't stop DCF and law enforcement, why didn't they just keep going to the hospice and pick up Terri today? I know that Greer will rule tomorrow on DCF's petition--perhaps they're waiting util then to pick up Terri.

[Right_in_Virginia]

LOL! I've lost track of the threads, but there is one (a few hours old) that contains the specifics.

[McGavin999]

Turley said they have to go to an appeals court and have it clearly established that state law gives them the authority over Greer's restraining order.

[presently no screen name]

It's not about marrying in the Catholic church - if Terri gets therapy and speaks - that is what he is afraid of. What exactly happened that night, Terri? Were you abused? Also, she can get a divorce - sue him for HER money - and he can get a public defender.

Besides - if she gets a divorce - He CAN'T get married in the Catholic Church!! He has so much to loose - I hope he doesn't go into her room tonight.

[tomahawk]

I'm not a judge, but I've been practicing law as an attorney for 14 years.

[verity]

There is another thread on which someone just stated that Greer will hear the petition tomorrow!?!.

At this point I am going to make some popcorn, grab a diet 7-up, and watch something soothing like "the military channel."

See ya in the AM

[workerbee]

I don't think there's any way they can predict, after 6 days, how "stable" she may or may not be. I wouldn't want to play those odds. If there's some grand plan, it needs to be put into action now.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Right behind ya...

[AlbionGirl]

It's perfectly consistent for Lanny.

He's a full-throated democrat-socialist, maybe even Christian, I don't know. But I've always liked him. He stuck up for GW when everyone first started commenting on him being stupid and having no gravitas. Davis countered with, 'I roomed with him, his mind's acute.'

He's loyal and steadfast to a fault, and we could use a thousand Lanny Davises.

This idea that the Constitution is untouchable is a joke, not theoretically, but practically. The Constitution is contravened with Pell Grants, with Endangered Species Acts, with land grabs, the New Deal, on and on and on. Theodore Roosevelt certainly contravened it, and he was a great President. He was Mr. Land Grab, wasn't he?

Lincoln contravened it, but he was right to do so. Reagan contravened it, by circumventing the Congress vis-a-vis Nicaragua, he was right to do for the same reason Lincoln was; the Constitution is not a suicide pact, neither is it a euthanasia pact.

I understand the argument behind a strong States' Rights ideology, but I have no real affection or attachment to it.

[shield]

bttt

[AaronInCarolina]

Turley said they have to go to an appeals court and have it clearly established that state law gives them the authority over Greer's restraining order.

I think that Turley was speaking generally. I don't remember him referring to the law concerning DCF which specifically seems to not require court permission. I don't think he spoke directly concerning this part of FL law.