Reply #13: Good find! [View All]

[ohio_liberal]

I've been searching google news and couldnt' find anything Here's this too:

http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBXR0RXN6E.html

"The Department of Children & Families said Wednesday morning it is considering invoking its right under Florida statute to provide protective services to certain ``vulnerable adults'' and applying it to the Terri Schiavo case.

In a brief conversation with reporters, Secretary Lucy Hadi said the department is considering all options, but specifically pointed to a provision that she said would allow the department to take a vulnerable person into its custody without prior judicial approval.

The provision states: `` a person is likely to incur a risk of death or serious physical injury if such person is not immediately removed from the premises, then the representative of the department shall transport or arrange for the transportation of the vulnerable adult to an appropriate medical or protective services facility in order to provide emergency protective services.''

The department would first have to file a petition with the court, but could act before the court is able to schedule a hearing. "



It sounds to me that the Schiavo attorneys made an end run around DCF to prevent them from taking physical custody of Terri Schiavo, before the judge could schedule the hearing.