Also, I would point out that the father continued to pay child support. Was the father not more good to his son by providing funds for his care, then he would have been if he was sitting in jail - then he would not only have not contributed to his son's care, he wouldn't have been able to see him either.
Believe it or not, there are some women in this world that don't deserve so much sympathy. There are some women in this world that will do almost anything to insure a loving parent does not have access to their child. Look at Baby Grace (Riley)'s mom. All she had to do was say the word, and Riley's dad and grandmother would have been there to get that baby. But no.....
I have very little sympathy for this mom. She knew what she was doing. I understand that raising an autisic child is difficult but I'm sure she had other options besides denying him medical care and in essence, sealing his fate. Why didn't she call dad and say she couldn't handle it? Bet she never, ever thought to do that......
Not all men are bad and not all women are good.
Salem