Forget that. You think a Dying Will is going to save you? Once the precedent has been established that hearsay evidence is accepted as decisive in a matter of life and death, I can guarantee you that I can make legal confetti out of any scrap of paper someone might bring. You think the courts are going to honor something that says one thing when a multitude of hearsay witnesses brought before a conflicted, sympathetic judge (now with blood on his hands) say another?
I guess you're saying we should just surrender to the judges and make NO attempt to protect ourselves? Wrong. I am disgusted with the fact that hearsay was the deciding factor in this case. (My tinfoil hat is squarely fitted to my head, and I believe "Judge" greer took a payoff years ago from Shiavo, which is why he couldn't give a different ruling. Blackmail.) However, I intend to make my wishes known officially. There will be no hearsay if my life is in the balance.
In cases brought before the Florida judiciary concerning Living Wills the courts have always sided with the Will. I personally have one filed not only with my doctor but notarized and kepts in a lockbox. My husband and parents know where it is and have been told to follow it to the letter. That is the best I can do to protect my wishes in case something happened to me.
I know if either my spouse or parents attempted to subvert my wishes through the courts, my wishes would be upheld.