Also, the statement where she “prophetically” warned him is separate from the part where he “quotes” from her will. He relates several things she allegedly said to him but kind of fudges whether or not it’s from a statement made to a lawyer. And he chose to make his statement on Facebook. 

Unless she was defaming the husband or using copyrighted images of the husband/daughter there is no legal claim. A dead person can’t sue for defamation because they are dead and therefore can suffer no harm, which is required in a defamation suit, invasion of privacy, and most other tort claims. If the mother used…

The husband would have to sue on behalf of his wife’s estate claiming that the mom did something inappropriate, i.e. libel her daughter, invade her privacy by revealing things she didn’t want revealed or unjustifiedly profited off of her daughter’s story.

If the spouse really wanted to he could sue the mom for defamation or invasion of privacy or something for using the likeness of his wife against her wishes but I guess it depends on how ugly everybody wants to make things. There are no real laws against writing about a real person unless you can demonstrate some sort…

Eh, am I the only one that doesn’t necessarily believe dude actually has this in writing? If he’s got the physical documents to prove it fine, but I feel like he could’ve put out a statement through a lawyer instead of this which feels...fake

But do you even have the legal rights to decide that someone is not allowed to tell your story? I mean that’s basically every unauthorized biography ever, no?

I read the excerpt from “Good Housekeeping,” and there’s not one mention of Dan. Interesting.

That’s not how that works, especially for someone who is deceased. Here’s a short article talking about what you get, and don’t, when you purchase life story rights.

Naw, hubby has a movie deal in the works. It’s about the money.

Because her mom has every legal right to write about her life, including her daughter. What legal basis would there be for *preventing* a mother from writing about her deceased daughter?

Not admirable on the mom’s part...but I’ll be honest: I think it’s kind of b.s. that we expend so much effort, cause so much strife out of concern for the wishes of the dead-and-gone. What is important, after you’re dead, after I’m dead, is not you or me--it’s everyone else who didn’t die. If we can tastefully respect…

Ugh, this is really sad. I have so much compassion for both the mom and the husband in this situation. I hope the mom can rise above her grief and clarify that she is not trying to tell her daughter’s story, but her own story as the mom of a child who chose assisted suicide. There should be space for the mom to be…