Feb. 11, 2000: Circuit Judge George Greer grant's Schiavo's request and rules the feeding tube regimen can be discontinued.

Jan. 24, 2001: 2nd District Court of Appeal upholds Greer's ruling to discontinue the feedings.

March 22, 2001: 2nd District Court of Appeal grants Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, a 60-day grace period to find out if the state Supreme Court will look at the case.

April 18, 2001: Florida Supreme Court declines to review the case.

April 23, 2001: U.S. Supreme Court declines to review the case.

April 24, 2001: Schiavo's feeding regimen ends.

April 26, 2001: Circuit Judge Frank Quesada orders Schiavo's feeding to resume after her husband's former girlfriend came forward to say Michael Schiavo lied when he testified his wife once told him she would not want to be kept alive with no hope of improvement.

June 25, 2001: The Schiavo case goes back before the 2nd District Court of Appeal. Both sides make fraud and perjury allegations.

July 11, 2001: The 2nd District Court of Appeal rules Schiavo should be kept alive while Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers continue their battle over her fate. But the court says the parents must quickly show why Schiavo should be kept alive, or the feedings will be stopped.

Oct. 17, 2001: The appeals court orders Greer to hold a second trial to decide if new therapies might help Terri Schiavo.

Oct 11-22, 2002: Greer hears testimony from five expert medical witnesses on whether Terri Schiavo's condition can be improved.

Nov. 22, 2002: Greer orders Terri Schiavo's feeding tube to be removed on Jan. 3. Dec. 13, 2002 - Judge Greer stays indefinitely the issue of removing the feeding tube while an appeals court looks at the case.

June 6, 2003 - The 2nd District Court of Appeal again reaffirms judge Greer's conclusion that Schiavo's feeding tube should be disconnected.

July 25, 2003 - Reversing its earlier ruling, the 2nd District Court of Appeal grants a 30- day delay in returning jurisdiction to judge Greer.

Sept. 2, 2003 - U.S. District Judge Richard Lazzara refuses to block Greer from ordering the feeding tube's removal.

Sept. 17, 2003 - Judge Greer orders that Schiavo's feeding tube be removed on Oct. 15, 2003.

Oct. 3, 2003 - Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist rules that the law under which judge Greer ordered Schiavo's feeding tube removed meets the requirements of the U.S. Constitution.

Oct. 8, 2003 - Judge Greer refuses to delay his order that the feeding tube be removed on Oct. 15.

Oct. 15, 2003 - Doctors remove Schiavo's feeding tube.

Oct. 21, 2003 - After an emergency act of the state legislature is signed into law by Gov. Bush, Schiavo is placed back on life support. A new lawsuit on the law's constitutionality is immediately filed to be heard by Circuit Judge Douglas Baird.

Nov. 20, 2003 - Judge Baird refuses to step down as requested by Gov. Bush. In court filings Bush had asked Baird to disqualify himself.

Dec. 10, 2003 - Gov. Bush's second attempt to remove judge Douglas Baird from the case is turned down by the 2nd District Court of Appeal.

Jan. 9, 2004 - Gov. Bush's request for a guardian ad litem to perform an independent investigation of the case is denied.

Mar. 12, 2004 - Judge Baird refuses for a second time to allow Schiavo's parents to intervene in the court battle over `Terri's Law`. May 6, 2004 - Judge Baird declares `Terri's Law` unconstitutional.

Sept. 23, 2004 - The Florida Supreme Court declares `Terri's Law` unconstitutional.

Jan. 12, 2005 - The Schindlers ask the state appeals court for a new trial, claiming that recent statements by Pope John Paul II declaring euthanasia a sin apply in the case.

Feb. 22, 2005 - The 2nd District Court of Appeal let a stay expire that had blocked Michael Schiavo from removing her feeding tube. But before the tube could be removed, Pinellas Circuit Court Judge George Greer issued an emergency stay.

February 23, 2005: A hearing is scheduled; the Schindlers ask for more time to file appeals. The appeals would address whether new therapies will help their daughter and whether their daughter's religious beliefs prohibit withholding nutrition.

February 24, 2005: DCF seeks 60-day stay on removal of feeding tube, to investigate what they claim are new allegations of abuse and neglect.

February 25, 2005: Judge Greer gives Michael Schiavo permission to have Terri's feeding tube removed on March 18.

March 3, 2005: DCF's Schiavo petition is unsealed. Petition claims there is new evidence of abuse and neglect.

March 7, 2005: Greer hears arguments over whether Terri should be fed orally if her feeding tube is removed.

March 8, 2005: Sen. Mel Martinez and U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon introduce similiar bills in their respective branches of Congress that would extend due process rights to the severly disabled. If the legislation is passed before March 18, it would give the Schindlers legal recourse to stop Michael Schiavo.

March 9, 2005: State Rep. Dennis Baxley introduces bill which presumes that anyone who is severely incapacitated would want a feeding tube unless they explicitly refuse the tube in writing.

March 10, 2005: Greer rules DCF will not be allowed to delay the removal of Terri's feeding tube.

March 18, 2005: The Senate Health Committee requests that Terri Schiavo and her husband, Michael, appear at an official committee hearing on March 28. A House committee was issuing congressional subpoenas to stop doctors from disconnecting the tube.

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.

- Compiled by Tampa Tribune researcher Angie Drobnic Holan. Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.