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DCF Considers Removing Schiavo from Hospice by Force
Palm Beach Post ^ | 3.23.05 | Dara Kam

Posted on 03/23/2005 2:34:59 PM PST by gopwinsin04

State officials say they are considering removing Terri Schiavo from hospice, by force if necessary, despite numerous court orders upholding the removal of the artificial nutrition tube that has kept her alive for 15 years.

Lucy Hadl, secretary of the Department of Children and Families, said Wednesday morning that her staff is relying on a state law that gives the department the authority to intervene on behalf of a vulnerable adult who is 'suffering from abuse or neglect that presents a risk of death or serious physical injury.'

Hadl said that the DCF would have to file a petition in order to remove Schiavo, but that 'it doesn't mean we'd have to have judicial approval in advance of taking the action if we believed it met the threshold for doing it.'

Hadl said that seven years of court rulings backing Schiavo's husband Michael, in his contention that Terri Schiavo did not wish to be kept alive artificially would not stop the DCF from taking action.

'We're not compelled to look at prior judicial proceedings,' Hadl said.

What we are compelled to look at is the presenting circumstances and any allegiations of abuse and neglect that we have recieved. So we have to deal with those and fufill out statutory responsibility.'

(Excerpt) Read more at palmbeachpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
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To: mn-bush-man
"He can bring the tortious form (which is a civil action) which would be useless unless there were actionable damages to pursue, but he does not have the authority to bring criminal assault and battery charges."

By all accounts Terri hasn't had teeth cleaning for SOME YEARS. .....should be suifficient to get started....

And the $14 mill the state wants back from the Hospice.....

121 posted on 03/23/2005 2:57:37 PM PST by spokeshave (Strategery + Schardenfreude = Stratenschardenfreudery)
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To: TexasCajun
Yes. When 'activist' judges do things we don't like, we howl and howl. When 'activist' administrations do the same thing its okay, because the end justifies the means.

Sad.

122 posted on 03/23/2005 2:57:39 PM PST by conserv13
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To: Alberta's Child
I hope I never need a restraining order against you!
123 posted on 03/23/2005 2:57:42 PM PST by pa mom
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To: Admin Moderator

Pls add to Breaking News.


124 posted on 03/23/2005 2:57:51 PM PST by GretchenM (Diplomacy is the art of letting the other fellow have your way--former Canadian PM Lester B. Pearson)
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To: Fitzcarraldo
- convince the people that this event is cast in stone and they should standby peacefully....

It worked at Waco.

125 posted on 03/23/2005 2:57:52 PM PST by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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To: pa mom

Murdering and torturing an innocent and very much alive human being is the worst thing that anyone can do. The fact that American courts are sponsoring this action shows how much these leftist anti-American activist judges have infested our court system. Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. The liberal judges are trying to deny Terri LIFE - her most basic, most important right.


126 posted on 03/23/2005 2:57:53 PM PST by CaliGangsta
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To: Fishtalk

(d) This is what they were directed to say by the governor's office.


127 posted on 03/23/2005 2:58:07 PM PST by glock rocks (For the love of all that's good and decent, don't try this at home.)
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To: pa mom

here's another one, more direct

http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/dehydration.htm


128 posted on 03/23/2005 2:58:26 PM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: BonneBlue

I just phoned and spoke to a nice man who is "passing my comments along". Everybody phone NOW! Show them that to polls are bogus.


129 posted on 03/23/2005 2:58:53 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: GretchenM
Make fools of the proud, the wicked, the death-dealers.

That was my favorite part. You go, girl!!

130 posted on 03/23/2005 2:58:53 PM PST by Saundra Duffy (Terri Schiavo is my hero!!!)
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To: T.Smith

The court violated Congress' subpoena orders and could be held in contempt of Congress if Congress so wished.


131 posted on 03/23/2005 2:58:56 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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To: who knows what evil?

Not sure.. but they are well known "RINOS"... sad to say..


132 posted on 03/23/2005 2:59:29 PM PST by davidosborne (www.davidosborne.net)
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To: CedarDave

I agree. Talk is cheap. Especially over the internet.

And don't DARE play the sympathy card with me. I've been in favor of Terri along at cost. SO HAVE THE REPUBLICANS. They are rsking everything for her, and it DISGUSTS me to have that returned with ingratitude. Without Jeb Bush this woman would have been DEAD a few years ago. He has risked more, done more, and prayed more over this woman for a longer period of time than almost anyone.

You can demand action as you will, but the Lord will not condemn this man and neither will I. I will not desert the Republicans and I will not desrt Jeb, just as I will not desert terri.


133 posted on 03/23/2005 2:59:33 PM PST by Soul Seeker
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To: Alberta's Child
Court orders have never meant a damn thing to me.

As long as you don't mind prison...

134 posted on 03/23/2005 2:59:36 PM PST by conserv13
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To: spokeshave

If there is new evidence that Terri Schiavo has been misdiagnosed, or has been physically abused before or during her stay in the hospice, and if there are affidavits on file attesting to these matters, then I think Governor Bush is obligated to have her taken into physical protective custody.


135 posted on 03/23/2005 2:59:40 PM PST by Enterprise (President George W. Bush - the leading insurgent detergent.)
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To: Cboldt
And if filed by an attorney against a LEO exercising statutory powers, should result in Rule 11 sanctions.

Touche! Let's hope he just tries it!! (sinister laugh...)

Actually, you just don't know how those courts might handle it!

136 posted on 03/23/2005 2:59:40 PM PST by mn-bush-man
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Contact info. They are logging calls

Contact info for DCF

Lucy D. Hadi, Secretary 1317 Winewood Blvd.
Building 1, Room 202
Tallahassee, Florida
32399-0700


Phone: (850) 487-1111


137 posted on 03/23/2005 2:59:49 PM PST by BonneBlue
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To: pa mom
I hope I never need a restraining order against you!

That's exactly my point. I have no respect for the mere laws of man, and yet I'd venture to guess that I'm one of the most law-abiding citizens you'll ever meet.

I could show you my unblemished driving record (not even so much as a speeding ticket in 18 years) to prove it.

138 posted on 03/23/2005 2:59:53 PM PST by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but lord I'm free.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Judge Greer should be arrested.


139 posted on 03/23/2005 3:00:05 PM PST by tomahawk
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To: Servant of the 9
Can you say Felony Contempt of Court?

What part of the order forbids anyone other than Michael Schiavo from giving Terri fluids?

140 posted on 03/23/2005 3:00:33 PM PST by supercat ("Though her life has been sold for corrupt men's gold, she refuses to give up the ghost.")
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