In a motion to the four-judge panel, Lee's parents spelled out their objections, arguing that their daughter has "devoted her life to her faith." Even with the court ruling against Lee's parents, a hearing scheduled last week on the issue of her father's guardianship is still slated for Tuesday. Terry Lynam, a spokesman for North Shore-LIJ Hospital Systems, said the hospital has not made changes to Lee’s care and is waiting for the appeals court decision. “When someone sets a time and date to die, that is considered as a suicide and sin,” Rev. But after huddling with the lawyers for Lee's parents in a closed-door meeting with the judge Friday, her attorney said there's little left to be decided.  They rushed to court Sept. 24 hoping to have their daughter declared incompetent and her father appointed guardian. After an emergency hearing, a Long Island judge ruled the tubes could be removed. Still unable to accept their daughter's fate, Lee's parents rushed to the Appellate Division in Brooklyn and obtained a temporary order keeping life support in place.
– A New York state appeals court ruled today that Grace Sung Eun Lee has the right to die, the Daily News reports. The incurably ill Manhattan banker has begged doctors to pull the plug, but her religious parents did their best to stop the request. They even released a video in which Lee mouthed the word "Yes" to a question from her cousin—but that question was impossible to make out, reports the Daily News. "She has made herself abundantly clear,” said Lee's court-appointed lawyer. "They stand there all day, and tell her that this is Satan’s work—and she loves her parents desperately. ... This is just awful." Lee was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor last year and put on life support last month. But her father, a reverend, says that "when someone sets a time and date to die, that is considered as a suicide and sin." No word yet on whether her parents will give up their legal battle.