If the wife is seriously ill, does the husband have legal responsibility?

Legal analysis: husband and wife have the obligation to support each other. A husband who ignores his sick wife will be criticized morally, and those who cause serious consequences will be punished criminally; If you have the obligation to support and fail to perform it, causing serious consequences, your wife will be critically ill or even die, which constitutes the crime of abandonment. A husband has an unconditional obligation to support his wife and should give her proper help in life and economy. This is not only a moral obligation between husband and wife, but also a legal obligation.

Legal basis: Article 261 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Those who refuse to support those who are old, young, sick or unable to live independently shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance.