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Terri Schiavo's Family Files Contempt Motion to Obtain Terri's Medical Info
LifeNews Online ^ | 02-25-04 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 02/25/2004 3:40:46 PM PST by phenn

Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The family of Terri Schiavo, on Tuesday, filed a contempt of court motion against Terri's estranged husband Michael. They say he is once again withholding information from them concerning Terri's medical condition, in violation of a 1996 court order.

Last week, Terri began vomiting and Terri's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, asked nursing and hospice staff what had caused it and what measures were being taken to treat Terri.

Terri is currently living at Park Place Assisted Living Facility in Clearwater, Florida, and staff at the facility told the Schindlers that they were under orders from Michael's attorneys not to divulge any information.

That prompted family attorney Pat Anderson to file a contempt of court motion against Michael.

A 1996 judicial mandate by the Pinellas County Circuit Court requires Michael to provide Terri's family with current information concerning her medical condition and treatment.

"Michael Schiavo's flagrant violation of the simple and understandable terms of the 1996 order is deliberate and contumacious," the motion says. "Its harm to the Schindlers is continuing in nature, but they are not the only ones harmed."

The motion says the Schindlers are concerned for their daughter because the vomiting "could result in aspirational pneumonia, a life-threating condition for a patient such as Terri, especially if left untreated."

Mary Schindler said she is worried that the positioning of Terri's body during the tube feedings is a possible cause for the vomiting.

The 1996 court order required Michael to notify any future nursing home that provides care or medical services to Terri "that he has no objections to the nursing home discussing [Terri's] medical condition with Robert Schindler or Mary Schindler."

The order also required Michael to provide the Schindlers with any neurological reports and to inform them of any "significant changes" in Terri's medical condition.

Additionally, a court order in September of 2003 directed Michael to provide a discharge summary from Morton Plant Hospital to Terri's parents. He has yet to comply.

Related web sites: Contempt motion - http://www.zimp.org/documents/022404contempt.pdf

Court order requiring Michael to provide medical info - http://www.zimp.org/documents/1996%20Court%20Order.pdf


TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bioethics; corruption; courts; domesticabuse; euthanasia; florida; guardianship; humanrights; law; medicalethics; righttodie; righttolife; schiavo; schindler; terrigate; terrischiavo; terrischindler; terrisfight; womensrights
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To: PrepareToLeave
RE: POST #197

This is disturbing news, PTL. Prayers for Terri.
201 posted on 03/30/2004 8:53:16 AM PST by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
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To: cyn
letter sent off just now to Jeb!! God HELP TERRI!!!!!
202 posted on 03/30/2004 8:55:18 AM PST by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: cyn
I just saw on CNN that they found puncture wounds on Terry's arms. What in the hell is going on?
203 posted on 03/30/2004 8:59:40 AM PST by stanz (Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
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To: PrepareToLeave
What is the best thing to do for those of us who are not in Florida?
204 posted on 03/30/2004 8:59:56 AM PST by Dante3
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To: stanz
Terri Schiavo Hospitalized With Apparent Puncture Wounds In Arm! Apparent Foul Play!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1107794/posts?q=1&&page=1

205 posted on 03/30/2004 9:07:44 AM PST by FR_addict
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To: FR_addict
I think we should bombard the police with our concerns. This is insane! Michael sounds like he is in charge of the investigation.

I just called the mayor's office of Clearwater. They gave me the police spokeman. He didn't answer, I left a voice message. I called the police, but was disconnected.
I want to know why the police are letting Michael take control of who visits Terri, instead of the police denying access to Michael and everyone else until this is cleared up. Michael has been accused before of using a hyperdermic needle on Terri by one of the nurses and should be the primary suspect, not the Schindlers. He was even the one who called the police, so obviously he was there to administer something to Terri. It's not the Schindler's who want her dead.

The police spokesman is Wayne Shelor - 727-562-4333
Mayor's office - 727-562-4050

http://www.clearwaterpolice.org/

There's contact info at the site above.
206 posted on 03/30/2004 9:10:17 AM PST by FR_addict
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To: PrepareToLeave
People are actually going to Park Place in Clearwater, last I heard.
207 posted on 03/30/2004 11:32:53 AM PST by phenn (http://www.terrisfight.org)
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To: a5478
Terri Schiavo Hospitalized With Apparent Puncture Wounds In Arm -- last night; news came out early this am.
208 posted on 03/30/2004 12:03:55 PM PST by cyn (www.terrisfight.org)
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To: Dante3
Thank you for your wonderful question Dante3. The best thing we can do, no matter where we are, is to get down on our knees and say to God with all our hearts, "please help Terri, Lord." A simple prayer to Jesus can turn this whole thing around.
209 posted on 03/30/2004 1:02:52 PM PST by PrepareToLeave
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To: phenn
Thank you, that's the best news I've heard all day. Praise the Lord for moving people to go.

BTW, how are you phenn? Prayers for you too.
210 posted on 03/30/2004 1:10:57 PM PST by PrepareToLeave
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To: FR_addict
I was so sorry to see that . . . what a devastating loss.

211 posted on 03/30/2004 2:30:17 PM PST by cyn (www.terrisfight.org)
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To: cyn
Just returned from outofstate--Thanks for the ping. Prayers and emails going out for The Love of {{{Terri}}}!!!
212 posted on 03/30/2004 9:43:48 PM PST by Chocolate Rose
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To: phenn

Just checking in to report I have just called:

the Mayor
Wayne Shelor, Police information and---
Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Told them all that the whole country no - the world is
watching this case very carefully and something better
be done to impeach Judge Greer.

Hope it helps. My prayers are with Terri and her family.
213 posted on 03/31/2004 1:11:17 AM PST by AnimalLover
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To: AnimalLover
You rock!!
214 posted on 03/31/2004 3:53:01 AM PST by phenn (http://www.terrisfight.org)
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To: PrepareToLeave
Thank you for the heads-up. Father, we call on You...
215 posted on 03/31/2004 7:55:34 AM PST by dandelion
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To: tutstar
HOW can Terri be missing 2 teeth in such a short period of time???

Could be partially from bone demineralization. No mouth care for several years didn't help either
216 posted on 03/31/2004 8:24:19 PM PST by KDubRN
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To: cyn
Tuck this away for future reference.
Please contact FL ombudsman. Make a report in "good faith." Make sure you include your name, address, phone number, as that is part of the process. I also contacted the Advocacy Center, JEB, ACLJ, NCEA, and others. Here is the reply I received from the National Center on Elder Abuse in DC.


Thank you for contacting the NCEA. I am sorry to hear about this - these matters need to be investigated by the Long Term Care Ombudsman in the state where the incident occurred. In Florida, that number is 800-962-2873.

National Center on Elder Abuse
1201 15th Street, N.W., Suite 350
Washington, D.C. 20005-2800
202/898-2586 (phone)
202/898-2583 (fax)
NCEA@nasua.org

In the weeks Terri has been at Park Place she has vomited twice, lost two molars, developed a decubitus ulcer and now, allegedly, was assaulted.

She is not allowed any visitors. Her family has been denied visitation, and so have friends. Her lack of treatment will be further compromised without any family and friends to check on her.

Here is what I sent

To Whom It Concerns,

In the past several days, word has been sent out that Terri Schiavo, currently housed at:
Park Place in Clearwater, Fl.
Assisted Living Facility
2750 Drew St.
727 799 2177
has lost a tooth, has a decubitus ulcer to the buttock, (a bedsore) and has lost a second tooth.

According to Cheryl Ford, RN, Schindler family confidant, the staff refuses to speak to the family. The staff will not answer any questions, in violation of a 1996 court order, regarding the bedsore. If untreated, the sore worsens, affecting the muscle then bone, Terri becomes septic, and dies.

To house this brain injured woman in a health care facility, provide substandard care, and deny her basic rights of protection is abusive as hell. Unresolved litigation and disputes within the family are not the issue. Terri Schiavo is the issue.

Consider this a good faith report. The facility should be investigated along with personnel. To flagrantly violate state laws by not reporting abuse to this gal is not a comforting feeling. Each caregiver who has had contact with Terri needs investigated.

Check what narcotics are being given Terri allegedly in a PVS, and how they deduce she is in pain if she is a PVS. Find out why this gal receives no sensory stimulation. Why she is not allowed outside in a wheelchair with her family. Why her family is not allowed to take photos. Why visitors must be approved by the estranged husband. Why there is an armed officer inside her room. The Schindler's are not able to bond with their daughter in a normal fashion. This is not health care. This is jail.

39.201 and 415.1034, Fla. Stat.
415.102(1), Fla. Stat.
415.102(26), Fla. Stat.
39.205 and 415.111, Fla. Stat. regarding failure to report; section 464.018, Fla. Stat. regarding disciplinary actions
39.203 and 415.1036, Fla. Stat.
825.101(2), Fla. Stat.
National Center on Elder Abuse, www.elderabusecenter.org
825.102 and 827.03, Fla. Stat
217 posted on 03/31/2004 8:29:22 PM PST by KDubRN
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