I’m guessing, but if he is an invalid, then I doubt that you can dump him in the woods to die, we are lucky that this isn’t a charge related to a death.
I don’t think that we can legally walk our Alzheimer parents into the forest to get rid of them for example.
Well, that's a good point, but I'd guess that someone, somewhere along the way would have taken custody or legal responsibility for an elderly person. In this case, I think when the kid turned 18 or 21, he'd be automatically emancipated.
But again, I really suspect I'm missing something.