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Can anyone tell me if the Schindlers or their attornies have ever requested that a jury hear this case? The 7th Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees a right to a jury trial in all common law cases where the value in controversy is $20 or more. No one can argue that a human life is worth less than $20. Have the Schindlers ever waived this right to a trial by a jury? If not, can they now insist on one, and get an injunction to have feeding tube reinserted pending a jury trial?

The spiritual advisor of the Schindlers, Bro. O'Donnell, said the Dept. of Children and Families has had a new physician examine Terri and that "he DID go into her room and WAS at her side and DID observe her." Department of Children and Families, are the department if someone is being physically abused, or the elderly, and "they have the authority" to take her into protective custody. He continued, "what is being done to her now constitutes" that, and that DCF should "be taking her into protective custody." Cooper: "Aren't people being taken off feeding tubes all the time?" Brother...

Read this. Very Intresting.

Fla. Stat. § 415.1051 (2004) § 415.1051. Protective services interventions when capacity to consent is lacking; nonemergencies; emergencies; orders; limitations (1) NONEMERGENCY PROTECTIVE SERVICES INTERVENTIONS. --If the department has reasonable cause to believe that a vulnerable adult is being abused, neglected, or exploited and is in need of protective services but lacks the capacity to consent to protective services, the department shall petition the court for an order authorizing the provision of protective services. (a) Nonemergency protective services petition. --The petition must state the name, age, and address of the vulnerable adult, allege specific facts sufficient to show that the...