[Lurking Libertarian]

What gets me about this case is that NON-BLOOD family members are being the decision makers and BLOOD FAMILY is being ignored. Time to change the laws.

That has always been the presumption in American law, and in the English common law that our legal system is based on-- that when a person marries, they are choosing to make their spouse, not their parents, their primary family. This also has roots in the Bible (Genesis 2:24).

[George from New England]

"That has always been the presumption in American law, and in the English common law that our legal system is based on-- that when a person marries, they are choosing to make their spouse, not their parents, their primary family. This also has roots in the Bible (Genesis 2:24)."

In LIFE matters I agree. But in DEATH matters, BLOOD should come into play. The Bible also addresses murder and the taking of a life in other passages.