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[75] The outcome of the Schiavo case was also in part determined by a 1990 Florida case, Guardianship of Estelle Browning. [28] [79] In that case, attorney George Felos, representing a Browning relative, successfully argued that Browning's feeding tube should be removed before the Florida Supreme Court. The elderly Browning had expressed, in a ...
March 30: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta agrees to consider a petition by Schiavo's parents to have a new hearing to decide whether the feeding tube should be reinserted. Later that day, the court denies the petition. March 31: Terri Schiavo dies at 9:03 AM EST. June 15: Autopsy results released. June 20: Terri Schiavo is cremated.
Guardianship intends to serve as a safeguard to protect the ward. [4] Anyone can petition for a guardianship hearing if they believe another individual cannot make rational decisions on their own behalf. [1] In a guardianship hearing, a judge ultimately decides whether guardianship is appropriate and, if so, will appoint a guardian. [2]
A woman fights to get her life back nearly two years after being freed from Florida's broken court-ordered guardianship system; the guardian has her registration revoked
The Florida circuit courts are state courts and trial courts [1] of original jurisdiction for most controversies. In Florida, the circuit courts are one of four types of courts created by the Florida Constitution (the other three being the Florida Supreme Court, Florida district courts of appeal, and Florida county courts).
Courts and legal professionals within the U.S. may use terms such as "parenting time" instead of custody and visitation. [3] The goal of the newer, alternative terminology is to eliminate the distinction between custodial and noncustodial parents, and to better focus on the best interests of the children by crafting schedules that meet the ...