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Miami doctor temporarily loses custody of 4-year-old daughter due to coronavirus

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MIAMI (CNN) – An emergency room doctor in Miami is appealing the emergency order that temporarily stripped her of custody of her 4-year-old daughter while she treats patients during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. Theresa Greene and her ex-husband have been divorced for almost two years and have split time with their 4-year-old daughter evenly. She says if they were still married, no one would be questioning whether she could go home to her daughter. (Source: Theresa Greene/CNN)

Dr. Theresa Greene, an emergency medicine physician in Miami, calls the judge’s order discriminatory after it suspended her shared custody of her 4-year-old daughter with her ex-husband, Eric Greene.

She is appealing the ruling that the judge said would “protect the best interests and health of the minor child.”

Theresa Greene and her ex-husband have been divorced for almost two years and have split time with their daughter evenly. She says if they were still married, no one would be questioning whether she could go home to her daughter.

“I think it’s not fair. It’s cruel to ask me to choose between my child and the oath I took as a physician,” she said. “I won’t abandon my team at work or the patients who will increasingly look to me to save their lives in the coming weeks, but it’s torture.”

The doctor says she’s been able to wear full personal protective equipment while treating patients, and she’s done everything she can to avoid contracting COVID-19. She also says her daughter generally stays with her ex-husband when she works.

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One Comment

  1. Methos Methos April 14, 2020

    So who decided the mother always gets primary custody instead of the man anyway?

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