IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF SCHIAVO

No. 2D05-1455.

932 So.2d 264 (2005)

In re GUARDIANSHIP OF Theresa Marie SCHIAVO, Deceased. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellant, v. Michael Schiavo, as Guardian of the person of Theresa Marie Schiavo, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Frederic Jung of Jung & Sisco, Tampa; and Jack Emory Farley and Jeffrey Dana Gillen, Lakeland, for Appellant.

George J. Felos of Felos & Felos, P.A., Dunedin, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) appeals an emergency order enforcing mandate, which was entered by the probate court on March 23, 2005. This order was entered after Theresa Marie Schiavo's feeding tube was removed on March 18, 2005, and before her death on March 31, 2005. On March 30, 2005, this court issued a per curiam opinion affirming the order on appeal and indicating that an additional written opinion explaining the court...

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