Baby Joseph Maraachli Dies

The CBC reports:  "Joseph Maraachli, the terminally ill baby at the centre of a legal and ethical battle, has died at his Windsor, Ont., home.  Baby Joseph, as he affectionately became known, suffered from a degenerative brain disease. He was 20 months old when he died late Tuesday afternoon."  

As a father, I am pleased that the parents were able to get so much time with their son since the Ontario courts first ruled against them in January.  Still, it concerns me that two levels of court review determined that Joseph’s parents were not making appropriate decisions for him.  The parents were not criminally prosecuted.  Nor did they lose custody.  I understand that the transfer to the United States occurred while the case was being appealed yet again (thus probably staying the lower court’s ruling).  But what about protecting the best interest of the child ad litem?