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[quote=Anonymous]OP, as usual on DCUM, things got sidetracked into issues that are not addressing your question.

You wrote, "She has in the past, on our insistence, spoken to a counselor the church suggested and he managed to convince her to leave the abusive marriage." She backed out, unfortunately. But if this worked once, is there ANY chance you can try this route again? Did someone in her church recognize that there is a real issue and would that someone be willing to approach her (probably has to do it without mentioning you prompted it) and say, "The church family is very concerned about you and your sons..."?

You are correct that her adult, autistic son really needs to be getting whatever will help him become an independent person. She will not be around forever to help him, and the dad sounds useless. Maybe focusing on the sons' needs will help, but it may have to come from the church if possible, or from someone else she trusts like an old friend (if they've stuck around and her husband hasn't worked to isolate her)--  and not from you or anyone in the family. [/quote]

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