Jahi's family is now asking a federal judge to declare Jahi alive and invalidate the death certificate. If that happens, insurance companies will be required to pay for her medical treatment, says lawyer Chris Dolan, who represents Jahi's family.
Dolan says insurance companies are paying for Jahi's nursing care and around-the-clock treatment with a ventilator in New Jersey, the only state in the country that requires medical treatment of patients like McMath who are declared dead but show minimal brain function.
McMath's family, led by her mother Nailah Winkfield, want a federal court to invalidate the death certificate so they can care for their daughter in their home in Oakland.
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I want her to have the same rights as any other disabled kid,' Winkfield said.
McMath's mother says her daughter show some signs of life, including the twitching of fingers and toes.