OH I know!! It's the stuff you read in murder mysteries!! Greer authorized Terri's body to be cremated upon death - no autopsy! Red flag deluxe!
Posted on 02/23/2005 11:53:22 PM PST by amdgmary
CLEARWATER - Terri Schiavo will continue to receive nourishment at least until Friday afternoon while a judge ponders the latest requests to keep the brain-damaged woman alive.
Meanwhile, the state Department of Children & Families has suddenly asked to intervene in the seven-year-old legal dispute over whether Schiavo would want to be kept alive after 15 years in what most doctors say is a persistent vegetative state.
A DCF attorney filed a "petition for intervention" minutes before Circuit Judge George Greer took the bench Wednesday to hear Bob and Mary Schindler's request that he hold off on allowing the removal of their daughter's life- sustaining feeding tube.
DCF attorney Kelly Jo McKibben asked Greer to seal her petition. Greer declined to hear the request but subsequently kept the document in his chambers and it was unavailable for review.
Afterward, McKibben declined to reveal the grounds for DCF's involvement in the case.
The lawyer leading the battle to remove Terri Schiavo's feeding tube said the agency's sudden interest at such a late stage in the case "reeks of the intervention of politics."
"It's no secret that the politicians were saying yesterday in Tallahassee that if there was anything they could think of [to keep Terri Schiavo alive] they would," said George Felos, who represents Michael Schiavo in his quest to remove his wife's feeding tube.
"The DCF is part of the executive branch and Jeb Bush heads the executive branch," Felos said.
Michael Schiavo has cooperated with the DCF during past investigations, Felos said.
"There have been an endless series of complaints made to the DCF over the past six years and all were unfounded. ... I can't think of a logical reason why the DCF would take action now" absent political pressure, he said.
The DCF's move came just hours after Gov. Bush said he was looking for a way to keep Terri Schiavo alive.
Bush said at news conference earlier in the day he would do anything "within the laws of the state" to help the Schindlers keep their daughter alive.
The Gulfport couple say their daughter reacts to them and could improve with therapy. They dispute their son-in- law's contention that Terri Schiavo made statements before her illness indicating she would not want to be kept alive by artificial means with no hope of improvement.
Terri Schiavo, 41, suffered a still-unexplained heart failure that cut off oxygen to her brain in 1990 at age 26. After a 2000 nonjury trial, Greer ruled that testimony from Michael Schiavo and his relatives showed Terri Schiavo would not want to be kept alive.
"I will do what I can. But there are limits to what anyone, irrespective of their title, at any time can do," the governor said of his desire to help the Schindlers.
In October 2003, Bush ordered Terri Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted six days after her husband had it removed on court orders. The hastily crafted measure Bush relied on to intervene, dubbed Terri's Law, was struck down as unconstitutional.
Schindler attorney David Gibbs said the DCF will need time to investigate what he characterized as ``medical, physical and legal neglect."
The Schindlers' goal at Wednesday's hearing was to get more time to fight for their daughter's life, and Gibbs called the DCF intervention ``another in a series of miracles'' that have kept her alive.
The judge granted the Schindlers an additional 48- hour stay while he considers their latest requests for time to appeal earlier rulings, seek additional medical testing and contest Michael Schiavo's fitness as their daughter's legal guardian.
"We are really elated," Bob Schindler said. "Forty-eight hours to us right now seems like six years."
DCF Chief of Staff Bill Spann, reached in Tallahassee, said the agency is required by state law to investigate any allegations of abuse or neglect of elders, disabled and other vulnerable adults.
The law also prohibits the DCF from disclosing abuse allegations or other information about specific cases, he said.
If an allegation is made by an individual who has credible knowledge of abuse or neglect, the state launches an adult protective investigation, Spann said. If the allegations are found to be credible, the DCF determines what actions are necessary.
OH I know!! It's the stuff you read in murder mysteries!! Greer authorized Terri's body to be cremated upon death - no autopsy! Red flag deluxe!
BTTT
Maybe Felos could get so depressed that he stops eating and drinking since it's so easy, no pain. /sarcasm
During the newsbreak on Court TV just now they again said that Terri was in a vegetative state even though it is not true. At least they had Terri's sister comment that Michael did not remember her "wish to die" until after he got the money.
Governor Bush had best be ready for this. He would NEED to immediately move to file and Executive Order of Protection under the DCF and take control of Terri Himself. He has the AUTHORITY to do it. WHY doesn't he do it today is my question. Also, there is a Petition going on to Impeach and remove Greer. This should have been done ages ago. The man is a Legal nightmare. He refuses to hear relevant evidence, he does not and cannot read briefs (evidence), he won't hear argument from opposing counsel. He has over stepped his bounds in so many fronts it's scandalous. He really should not spend another day on ANY case.
I read this article. I am really mad.\
This a MUST READ for everyone!
Kinda makes you wonder why Greer is a judge at all.
A judge who DOESN'T really hear cases?
Where the he!! is the judicial review???
Tell me about it!! I live in NE Fl and have been so aggravated with the media it's not even funny. I emailed Scoop's article to one of our tv stations, need to send it to the others, rub it in that they didn't do a good job! They could have had an exclusive (Empire Journal has more than one on Terri's situation) if they had put on their Dick Tracy hat instead of parroting Associated Press reports. Thank God for TEJ and Scoop1!
I've been asking that for ages. My husband is a Lawyer although he no longer practices litigation or court room law. We do strictly Corporate, commercial, Wills, Estates, buying and selling land, mortgages, buying and selling businesses, contracts etc. But, I know that any complaint that goes to the B.C. Law Society is investigated thoroughly and they are very hard on their own. EVERY complaint, no matter how frivolous. I just can't fathom what this Greer has gotten away with.
Please, God, let the DCF have sufficient time to complete their investigation of these legitimate allegations of abuse and neglect. Keep Terri safe from the attempts of partisan death dealers to murder her. We pray this in Jesus' name, Amen.
...in Jesus' name.
Amen!
Going to check out that link to G. Gordon Liddy.
"in what most doctors say is a persistent vegetative state"
*sigh*
If a lie gets repeated often enough....
Bump.
Oh please tell me that that lower life-form didn't promise Terri's corneas to old Judge Greer!
You know, I believe MS's biggest payoff is to keep Terri from telling anyone how she got into this situation in the first place. As for hidden insurance policies, I'm sure he has at least one on Terri. This could be insurance fraud under certain circumstances. What about the legality of MS using rehabilitation funds to pay an attorney to end Terri's life? I would think that he would have to pay that back to the fund out of his own pocket. That money was to be used specifically for Terri's rehab expenses.
I was my mother's guardian for several years. Everything is scrutinized. When I read about how much money is gone from Terri's settlement, money that went towards MS not Terri's medical needs, I wonder how in hell he can get away with that. I had to answer for every nickle and dime. Of course that wasn't a problem, just a paperwork hassle.
Oh please tell me that that lower life-form didn't promise Terri's corneas to old Judge Greer!
You know, I believe MS's biggest payoff is to keep Terri from telling anyone how she got into this situation in the first place. As for hidden insurance policies, I'm sure he has at least one on Terri. This could be insurance fraud under certain circumstances. What about the legality of MS using rehabilitation funds to pay an attorney to end Terri's life? I would think that he would have to pay that back to the fund out of his own pocket. That money was to be used specifically for Terri's rehab expenses.
I was my mother's guardian for several years. Everything is scrutinized. When I read about how much money is gone from Terri's settlement, money that went towards MS not Terri's medical needs, I wonder how in hell he can get away with that. I had to answer for every nickle and dime. Of course that wasn't a problem, just a paperwork hassle.
More likely the Blood Sucking Ghoul Felos will probably eat the organs...
You just can't imagine how much contempt I have for a vermin, whose entire existance in life is trying to kill people. The ghoul has lived off of almost half a million dollars that was supposed to help rehabilitate this helpless young lady.
Organ harvesting is a very real threat to Terri, and one that everybody needs to remain aware of.
This has been one of my main concerns during this whole thing...Just look at the money these kind of creeps can make if they start killing the dissabled and sell their organ....Even skin can be used for severe burn victims..A friend of mine donated his...Since he was an alcolholic that is all they would permit him to donate
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