THIS, however, IS recorded:
Romans 7:1-2
Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives?
For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.
Does this mean if the wife dies; then you no longer HAVE a MIL?
Yes you do still have a MIL even if your wife dies. I believe this was my point. Just because it is recorded he had a MIL, we can't conclude with certainty his wife was alive.