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Feb. 25: Terri Schiavo collapses in her home. Doctors believe a potassium imbalance caused her heart to temporarily stop, cutting off oxygen to her brain.

November: Terri's husband, Michael, wins malpractice suit that accused doctors of misdiagnosing his wife; jury awards more than more than $700,000 for her care, Michael receives an additional $300,000.

Feb. 14: Terri Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, have a falling out with Michael over the malpractice suit money and Terri's care.

July 29: Bob and Mary Schindler file petition to have Michael Schiavo removed as Terri's guardian. The case is later dismissed.

May: Michael Schiavo files petition to remove Terri's feeding tube.

Feb. 11: Circuit Judge George W. Greer rules feeding tube can be removed.

Jan. 24: 2nd District Court of Appeal upholds Greer's decision.

March 29: Greer rules feeding tube to be removed April 20.

April 18: Florida Supreme Court refuses to intervene in the case.

April 20: U.S. District Judge Richard Lazzara grants the Schindlers a stay until April 23 to exhaust appeals.

April 23: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to intervene.

April 24: Feeding tube is removed from Terri Schiavo.

April 26: Circuit Judge Frank Quesada orders doctors to reinsert Terri's feeding tube.

April 30: Lawyers for Michael Schiavo file emergency motion with appellate court asking it to order removal of Terri's feeding tube.

July 11: 2nd District Court of Appeal sends case back to Judge Greer.

July 18: Schindlers ask Greer to let their doctors evaluate Terri before making a final decision on removing the feeding tube.

Aug. 10: Greer denies the Schindlers' evaluation request, as well as their request to remove Michael Schiavo as guardian.

Sept. 26: Schindlers' attorneys argue before 2nd District Court of Appeal, citing testimony from seven doctors who say Terri can recover with the right treatment.

Oct. 3: 2nd District Court of Appeal delays removal of feeding tube indefinitely.

Oct. 17: 2nd District Court of Appeal rules that five doctors can examine Terri to determine whether she has any hope of recovery. Two doctors are picked by the Schindlers, two are picked by Michael Schiavo and one is picked by the court.

Feb. 13: Mediation attempts fail; Michael Schiavo again seeks to be allowed to remove Terri's feeding tube.

Oct. 12: Weeklong hearing begins in the case. Three doctors, including the one appointed by the court, testify that Terri is in a persistent, vegetative state with no hope of recovery. The two doctors selected by the Schindlers say she can recover.

Nov. 22: Judge Greer rules that there is no evidence that Terri has any hope of recovery and orders feeding tube to be removed Jan. 3, 2003.

Dec. 13: Judge Greer stays order to remove feeding tube on Jan. 3 until the 2nd District Court of Appeal reviews the case.

April 4: Schindlers' attorneys ask 2nd District Court of Appeal panel to "err on the side of life" and overturn Greer's ruling.

June 6: 2nd District Court of Appeal upholds Greer's ruling.

July 15: The 2nd District Court of Appeal refuses to rehear the case.

Aug. 22: The Florida Supreme Court declines to hear case.

Sept. 2: Schindlers take case to federal court seeking judicial intervention.

Sept. 17: Judge Greer sets Oct. 15 date for removal of tube.

Oct. 3: Attorney General Charlie Crist says he won't get involved in case.

Oct. 7: Gov. Jeb Bush files a federal court brief urging Terri Schiavo be kept alive.

Oct. 10: U.S. District Judge Lazzara rules he does not have jurisdiction to intervene in case.

Oct. 13: Protesters and Schindler family begin 24-hour vigil at Pinellas Park hospice where Terri Schiavo lives.

Oct. 14: 2nd District Court of Appeal again refuses to block tube removal.

Oct. 15: Doctors remove feeding tube; Bush pledges to search for possible legal options to resume feedings.

Oct. 17: Two state courts reject the Schindler's request to reinsert the feeding tube.

Oct. 20: The Florida House of Representatives votes to give governor the power to issue a stay in the feeding tube dispute.

Oct. 21: The Senate and House pass a bill allowing Bush to intervene. He signs the bill, called "Terri's Law," then issues an order to reinsert the tube. Morton Plant Hospital begins rehydrating Terri Schiavo, six days after her feeding tube was removed. A judge rejects a request by her husband's attorney to temporarily restrain the governor's order.

Dec. 2: An independent guardian concludes there's "no reasonable medical hope" that Terri Schiavo will improve.

May 6: Circuit Judge W. Douglas Baird rules the law allowing Bush to intervene is unconstitutional. The governor's attorneys appeal.

June 1: 2nd District Court of Appeal agrees to let Michael Schiavo's attorney ask the Florida Supreme Court to take the appeal directly, bypassing the 2nd DCA.

June 16: In a 4-3 order, the Florida Supreme Court agrees to take the appeal.

Aug. 31: Oral arguments in the case are nationally televised.

Sept. 23: Florida Supreme Court strikes down "Terri's Law" as unconstitutional.

Oct. 22: Greer refuses to hold a new trial based on recent comments from Pope John Paul II calling the withdrawal of food and hydration from the disabled a sin.

Dec. 1: Bush's attorney ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case on "Terri's Law."

Dec. 29: The 2nd District Court of Appeal upholds Greer's decision not to grant a new trial.

Jan. 24: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear the appeal brought by the governor's attorneys.

Jan. 28: An attorney for the family of Terri Schiavo asks Greer to allow him to proceed with a motion arguing that her due-process rights were violated because she has never had her own attorney.

Feb. 22: The 2nd District Court of Appeal clears the way for Michael Schiavo to remove Terri's feeding tube, then Pinellas Circuit Court Judge George Greer issued an emergency stay blocking removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube for until 5 p.m. EST the next day.

Feb. 23: Greer extended the stay by two days, saying he needed time to decide whether her parents should be allowed to pursue other legal and medical options.

Feb. 24: An attorney for the Schindler's says the Department of Children & Families is seeking a 60-day stay on the removal the feeding tube while it investigates new allegations of abuse and neglect.

Feb. 25: Greer gives Michael Schiavo permission to order the removal of the feeding tube at 1 p.m. March 18. 

March 8: Rep. Dave Weldon and Sen. Mel Martinez, both Florida Republicans, introduce  legislation that would give the parents access to federal courts in the effort to save their  daughter's life.

March 16: U.S. House passes a bill aimed at keeping Schiavo alive by moving such a case to  federal court.

March 17: Florida House passes a bill intended to keep Terri alive; U.S. Senate passes bill different from U.S. House version.

March 18: Congressional Republicans try to put off tube removal by seeking her appearance at hearings, but Greer rules the tube must be removed. The tube is soon removed.

March 19: Congressional leaders from both parties agree on a bill that would allow the tube to  be reconnected while a federal court reviews the case. President Bush changes his schedule so he can be on hand to sign the bill when it is passed.

March 20: The Senate passes the bill.

March 21: The House passes the bill early in the morning. Bush signs it 20 minutes later.

March 22: U.S. District Judge James Whittemore refuses to order the reinsertion of the tube.  Parents appeal to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

March 23: The 11th Circuit declines to order the reinsertion of the tube. The Schindlers turn to  the U.S. Supreme Court.

March 24: The U.S. Supreme Court denies the appeal.

March 25: The Schindlers again ask Greer to intervene, saying Schiavo tried to say "I want to  live."

March 26: Greer rejects another effort by the Schindlers to get the feeding tube reinserted;  Florida Supreme Court declines to intervene.

March 29: The 11th Circuit agrees to consider the Schindlers' emergency bid for a new  hearing on whether to reconnect her feeding tube. The order doesn't say when the court would decide whether to grant the hearing.

March 30: The 11th Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court deny Schindlers' final request to reconnect her feeding tube.

March 31: Terri Schiavo dies in her 13th day since having her feeding tube removed. An  announcement was made outside her hospice just before 10 a.m. She was 41. 

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