The old woman should have established a will, detailing how she had been mistreated and requesting that the court take away the husband's right to a share of her estate.
其實，像這樣的情況，老太太可以立下書面遺囑，在遺囑中詳述自己被侮辱、虐待的情形，要求剝奪丈夫的繼承權，再經過法院的公證手續，就可以生效了。