[Mad Mammoth]

We are mostly in agreement on all of these things, and I personally would have no problem with your proposed law, I do think that to make viable a future hypothetical situation in which parents would invoke the protections of such a law, that the incapacitated/disabled child should indicate their wishes to have their parents act in their behalf, PRIOR to the state of disability. Perhaps even a pre-drafted petition for divorce, with the proviso that it cannot be filed except under the conditions of a.) incapacitation and b.) by the parents acting in behalf of the incapacitated child. I think there is merit in what you are proposing.

It remains my contention, that Jeb Bush (and his brother the President) could have saved Terri's life, and even if Jeb bobbled the ball, his brother could have taken action, and I cite as ample precedent, the actions of President Eisenhower in 1957 when he sent federal troops to Little Rock Arkansas to guarantee the safety of black schoolchildren to attend classes without risk of being intimidated, assaulted and/or murdered. You had a situation where the Governor himself, Orval Faubus, all the way down through the state government and the local law enforcement, all were openly defying the federal government and the Constitution. Those schoolchildren were at risk. President Eisenhower used his power to restore the true rule of law in Arkansas where the Constitution had broken down, and he was right to do so.

President Bush could have done at least that much to save Terri Schindler-Schiavo, because like Arkansas, the law has been twisted and perverted and the Constitution trampled on by the tyrants sitting on our judiciary, from the federal circuits who thumbed their nose at "Terri's Law", to the little pissant who answers to "Judge George W. Greer" in Pinellas County.

By their failure to take action in this case, the brothers Jeb and George have allowed a terrible precedent to be established, and the Greers, Felos, and Schiavos of the world have been empowered and emboldened.

And we will suffer the consequences, long after Jeb and George have retired to their respective homes and ranches after leaving public life.

I thank you for your posts too.

[summer]

the incapacitated/disabled child should indicate their wishes to have their parents act in their behalf, PRIOR to the state of disability.

I posted my above post before reading your above post, but I agree with what you said here, too. (However, I think what you're saying here is already allowed.)

[summer]

I think there is merit in what you are proposing.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

But I do respectfully disagree with you about Gov Jeb Bush -- I think the "hemming and hawing" you may have mentioned earlier was because he was genuinely between a rock and a hard place on this case, not actually having the legal authority to interject himself in a maritial relationship, but wanting nevertheless to do the right thing. I still think in the end he did the right thing, because he did as much as he could as governor.

That is just my opinion, and again, I respect yours, too. :)