[CindyDawg]

I didn't know this. How did they get guardianship the first time?

[iowamomforfreedom]

Just a few days after Terri's collapse, a lawyer friend of Michael's suggested he have the parents sign a document allowing Michael to be guardian, on the pretext that this would make it easier for Terri to get the proper care she needed. The Schindlers apparently had no idea how black MS's heart was. And since MS would be the first one considered for guardianship as the spouse, I don't see why this document would be necessary anyway. Which makes me suspicious of his motives from day one.

[sweetliberty]

" How did they get guardianship the first time?"

I don't think it was that they had guardianship, but that when time came that a guardian had to be appointed, they agreed to allow Michael to be the guardian. Apparently they could not have conceived of how he would abuse that role.