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
Reminds me of Scott Peterson.
Peterson told his girlfriend Amber that he was a widower before Laci was killed.
These guys must have precognition. (/sarcasm)
I'd like to see him go earlier but any investigation of Greer would open up a can of worms with the medical community, Hospice, Sheriff Rice, State Attorney McCabe, the DCF, the police... It would be quicker to vote GREER out of office than to investigate all his baseball and golf buddies.
Further, people are being deposed in Schiavo v. Bush but the refusal to be deposed is by Michael and Jodi. (other depos have taken place by Jeb's legal counsel.)
Freeper ROBERT DROBOT is having surgery. Let's wish him well somewhere, like here.
Here's a press release from terrisfight.org: Terri Schiavo's Parents Re-File Motion to Intervene in Terri's Law Case
http://www.lifenews.com/bio229.html
Terri's family has a monumental interest in defending the law helping their daughter, that the appeals court says should be respected. The court ordered Baird's ruling denying intervention to be reversed and sent the case back to him for "further proceedings."
This is hard to bear. It is excrutiating to see simple, straightforward justice denied an innocent woman, unless it is put into the context of God's time, God's glory, and His desire for all to come to Him . . . fully, honestly, *not* just go-to-church-on-Sunday pseudo-faith Christianity. My fervent desire, even more 'since Terri', is to walk in His light, and stay far from the shadows and any evil. Though not always so obvious, in this case evil is quite ugly and abhorrent.
May God's hand be on the judges, lawyers, and anyone else with the ability to do good for Terri.
Amen, cyn, Amen ...
I heard him admit on Larry King Live, that he had to "do it" to his mother (and his father), too. It's in the transcript.
Can they do that? Can't they be forced comply? Doesn't it seem more than a little odd that the HINO and his whore would refuse to give a deposition if it were really only about his wife's "right to die?"
Robert, I'm sorry to hear that you're having to have surgery. God be with you and bring you a speedy recovery.
Prayer bumps for freeper Robert Drobot, being collected on the separate thread...
^Please pray, Robert Drobot is going into surgery tomorrow^[Friday]
I'm wondering if we could run a newspaper ad against Judge Greer, since this is a campaign year. I remember how effective the Freeper ad was in the Washington Times. I'll never forget the image of George Washington crying.
I think it was created by a Freeper who is no longer with us.
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