- PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- Florida
Gov. Jeb Bush filed a request to take custody of Terri Schiavo (search)
on Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court (search) once again refused to
order the severely brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted.
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- Circuit Court Judge George Greer (search), who has consistently
ruled that Schiavo did not want to be kept alive artificially, is expected
to decide by noon on Bush's request. He also barred the Department of Children
& Families in an emergency order from taking custody of the woman.
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- Turning custody of Schiavo over to the state would be
an unprecedented and highly unlikely move.
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- "Absent of kidnapping, Terri Schiavo will remain
in this hospice," said Bob Felos, an attorney for Michael Schiavo,
Terri's husband and legal guardian.
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- But just as unlikely was the prospect that Bush would
give up trying to get Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted before exhausting
every legal option, no matter how remote.
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- "The governor is disappointed [at the Supreme Court
decision] and will continue to do whatever he can within the law to save
Terri's life," Bush spokesman Jacob DiPietre said.
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