All inaccurate.
(1) He didn't run off with another woman. He moved on after six or seven years. Why fault him for that? Wouldn't you do the same? In fact, my in-laws were especially vexed by the fact I met a woman seven months after my wife died and married her slightly over a year after my late wife's passing.
I lasted a year before moving on; he lasted more than six years - are you claiming neither one of us have the right to find happiness and completeness?
(2) Pockets his wife's money? How exactly can any of the awards be considered his wife's money? Did she work for it? Did she inherit it? No, it was awarded to HER GUARDIAN to take care of her. And who exactly is this guardian? Whose name was on the checks? Michael Schiavo! Did he use the money to take care of her? He most certainly did. Are guardians allowed to use part of the proceeds for their own personal needs? Of course. Otherwise a disparity exists between hardship for the guardian while care for the patient.
(3) No he couldn't. If he turned over custody to her parents; he has abandoned his responsibility as a husband as surely as a father who does the same to his children.
I find nothing wrong with how Michael has behaved and apparently, neither do the courts - he won all 11 times.