[Azred]

I have two words for all the people involved in this case or even those only moderately paying attention to this case: LIVING WILL. If you don't have one, then get one tomorrow...just in case.

The husband's decision should stand, because the decision involves his spouse. The wishes of the parents should not be considered, because they no longer have the legal authority to make decisions for her, unless she signed an appropriate power of attorney; part of getting married means breaking away from your parents. Despite the fact that my psychotic ex's mother was close to her children the doctors listened only to my ex's father, because as the spouse his was the only voice to whom they could listen (she had a massive stroke that resulted in coma and she was breathing only with the aid of a machine).

I hadn't heard anything about "mysterious" circumstances involving her original debilitating illness. If law enforcement investigated the case to the best of their ability and didn't find enough to bring charges, then there is nothing further of criminal nature to discuss. If this means that he gets to collect on an insurance policy, well that is what insurance is designed to do--protect the surviving spouse. If monies are to be used for therapy, then they aren't going to be spending very much because there is no therapy that will help someone who is in a lingering vegetative state; at that point only the hypothalamus is active so the only possible activities are breathing, pulse, digestion of food, and elimination of waste.