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MATTER OF TAVEL

No. 225, 1995.

661 A.2d 1061 (1995)

In the Matter of Charlotte F. TAVEL, a disabled person.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: August 2, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Selma Hayman, Cooperating Atty. for the American Civil Liberties Union, Delaware Affiliate, Wilmington, for petitioner, Barbara Tavel-Lipnick, Guardian of the person of Charlotte F. Tavel.

Thomas Herlihy, III, Wilmington, ad litem for Charlotte F. Tavel.

Michael J. Rich, State Sol. (argued), and A. Ann Woolfolk, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington.

Before VEASEY, C.J., and WALSH, and HOLLAND, JJ.

HOLLAND, Justice:

On November 1, 1994, Barbara Tavel-Lipnick ("Mrs. Tavel-Lipnick" or "daughter"), guardian of the person for her mother, Charlotte Tavel ("Mrs. Tavel" or "mother"), filed a petition in the Court of Chancery. The petition requested authorization to remove a feeding tube from her mother so that her mother would be allowed to die. The Court of Chancery appointed an attorney ad litem to represent Mrs. Tavel's interests independently. The State...

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