Key dates in the life of Terri Schiavo

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 $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 withdrawl 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.

Feb. 25, 2005: After declining to give the Schindlers more time to pursue other legal and medical options, Judge Greer gives permission for tube removal at 1 p.m. March 18.

March 16: U.S. House passes a bill aimed at keeping Terri alive.

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: Feeding tube removed. Greer rules against congressional Republicans who had tried to put off tube removal by seeking her appearance at hearings.

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. The White House said President Bush would sign the bill when it is passed.

March 20: The Senate passes the bill, but Democrats in the House delay passage of the measure.

March 21: The House passes the bill after members scramble to return to Washington for an early morning vote. President Bush signs the bill outside his White House bedroom. The parents file an emergency request with a Tampa federal judge to have the tube reconnected.

March 22: U.S. District Judge James Whittemore refuses to order the reinsertion of the tube. The judge said the Schindlers failed to establish a "substantial likelihood of success" on the merits of their arguments. The parents appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.

March 23: On the fifth day of the tube removal, the 11th Circuit declined to order the reinsertion of the tube. The Schindlers vowed to appeal to the 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: 11th Circuit agrees to consider the Schindlers’ emergency bid for a new hearing on whether to reconnect her feeding tube.

March 30: The 11th Circuit declines to intervene. Hours later, the Schindlers appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which also refuses to intervene.

March 31: Terri Schiavo dies at 41.