[thoughtomator]

I can't help but think that the courts had plenty of opportunity to stop this from happening, if there had been any desire to see a fair result. It seems that there are just so many laws that those who know them best get to pick and choose which ones they want to apply. To me, this sort of arbitrary application of the law is in itself lawlessness. In another case, for example, a petition like the one submitted by the DCF, with no more or less a factual basis, might have been accepted. It seems as if way too much is left up to the discretion of the judge.

Whether or not this was "by the book", the result is clearly not justice. I am just taken aback that unmentioned Consitutional penumbrae guarantee a "right" to abortion and sodomy and other demented behaviors, but a mere statute seems to override explicitly enumerated and inalienable rights.

I just don't have the experience in these kind of messes to put my finger on what exactly is the problem, but I do know that it stinks to high heaven, and whatever the law may say, this woman is being slowly murdered in a horrific way that I wouldn't wish on anyone, and it doesn't at all appear that she wants to die.

[lugsoul]

"it doesn't at all appear that she wants to die"

Again, that's what it comes down to - the Courts, all the way up the chain, disagree with you on this point.

And you've already stated that her wishes are immaterial - what matters is that you don't want her to die.