If you harm your children you lose custody. If I didn't feed my dog, I would be ticketed or arrested....but it's ok for a husband who hasn't honored a single vow to starve a woman. I won't respond to any further comments from you....no man has a complete say so over the life of another.
Florida Law and the court upheld this says that the husband is the next of kin and they ruled thus in this case. The argument that he is not the next of kin failed.