Terri had a GAL which did not believe Michael and his relatives ' statements that Terri wanted to die. He issued a 10 page report which is probably part of the sealed court papers. Felos got the Judge to dismiss him and Greer never appointed another GAL.
I'm looking for a document I saw a few weeks of testimony or an affidavit by the previous GAL, Richard Pearse. I'm still looking, but ran across this article that came out 10/24/03 in Naples News:
http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/florida/article/0,2071,NPDN_14910_2372379,00.html Here's an interesting excerpt regarding Pearse:
"An independent guardian has not served in the Schiavo case since 1999, when Clearwater attorney Richard Pearse Jr. issued a report recommending Michael Schiavo not be allowed to disconnect Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.
Pearse said in an interview last week he made that determination because Michael Schiavo stood to benefit financially from his wife's death by inheriting about $750,000 in a medical trust fund.
Pearse was dismissed as the guardian months later after Felos accused him of bias. Pearse asked the judge on the case at the time to either expand his authority as guardian to represent Terri Schiavo in upcoming hearings or dismiss him as guardian, the judge chose the later option."