“Guardians and parents or courts do and sometimes docs have to get court permission unless it is life threatening....”
Right, “life threatening” being the important phrase.
If my child has a broken leg ( as opposed to an appendicitis attack) I still want that treated sooner rather than later. It is not considered life threatening but I want it handled today.
These parents were self centered in the extreme. They wanted to go so they did. Not good parenting by any measure