I agree and the son’s big mistake was to represent himself. But if we are talking about broad policy positioning, families should be made to take care of each other before the rest of the population is made to take care of them.
If the mother has the means, a cross complaint would probably have taken care of his situation.
“and the son’s big mistake was to represent himself.”
can’t remember chaper and verse,, but one of our founding fathers had a quote along the lines that law is clearly oppressive. when an honest and literate person cannot understand it without a paid specialist.
At one time America had charity hospitals and sanitariums before the fascist government and thieving liberal hospitals moved in and destroyed them.