Ideally, the courts would be that way. Unfortunately, it's not that way. DOn't have time to get into all of that, but there are a couple facts about the case I'd like to point out that most people don't know about. Her husband (the one trying to remove the feeding tube, starving her to death) is currently living with another woman, with whom he has two kids and is expecting a third, as I recall (though I might have confused a couple news reports -- they might have had one and were expecting another who was born since then, but I tihnk it was two and expecting a third, though it doesn't matter much which it was). So, really, he shouldn't have much (any) standing in court as far as legal guardianship over his wife. The second major thing is that her supposed desire not to live like she is was based on an emotional reaction to something on television to which her husband and I think a sibling of his were the witness. It was a typical emotional reaction, not something thought through. There are several other facets, but I must be going. Basically, he could divorce her and be done with it, but he wants to make sure she dies, which I find disturbing.