That's the entire point for many folks - was this truly her wishes? IMO Michael had too many potential conflicts of interest to be treated as the final authority. The law gives final word to the husband - and, in this case, to a man in a de facto common law marriage with another woman. The law needs to be changed.
Assume you are right, entirely, about Michael. That does not preclude the possibility that she wanted this. And if she did, all of those who fought so bitterly to prevent it - ALL - did her a huge disservice.
Some of us object to judges being expected to do the changing, though.