Mr. and Mrs. Finn wanted to stand by Hugh, but the wife had the guardianship, and she got the feeding tube pulled. How much did she collect then? I understand the parents were treated as badly as the Schindlers have been.
No, she couldn't. She'd have been saddled with huge legal bills from a GAL in divorce court, and would have had a lifetime of maintenance and care bills, not dischargeable in bankruptcy. As a bonus, she wouldn't have even had the right to select the level or type of care, and the parents and siblings would have ruined her by choosing "the best" - and it would have all been enforceable through contempt power, which includes jail time, even if she didn't have the resources to pay.
Great deal for the kids, eh?