Expert Insight: ER Doctor Loses Custody Battle Due to COVID-19

Published: April 23, 2020, 2:46 a.m.

Expert Insight: ER Doctor Loses Custody Battle Due to COVID-19 Guest Opportunity: Joryn Jenkins --- Award Winning Family Lawyer, Legal Strategist and Best Selling Author of many books including “War or Peace (Avoid the Destruction of Divorce Court)” As if nurses and doctors aren’t dealing with enough already, now they have to worry about their parental rights. An emergency room physician on the frontline in the fight against coronavirus had her child custody rights revoked this week over the virus. Dr. Theresa Greene, a south Florida doctor, tested negative for COVID-19 this week. But that did not stop her ex-husband, Eric Greene, from petitioning a judge to revoke shared custody of their 4-year-old daughter, who equally splits time between both parents, WTVJ-TV reported. * Why should a judge be allowed to interfere in such parenting decisions in divorces, but not in everyone else’s marriages? * Are such intricacies of parenting so personal that they should be left to the parents, even if the parents don’t agree? * We deal with these types of conflicts every day in marriage so why does divorce make the rules any different? * Can this decision be appealed? * Can a parent’s job risk define who gets custody? Collaborative Lawyer Joryn Jenkins further elaborates on this story and uses her experience to talk about a parent’s rights when it comes to a custody battle. Joryn’s book, “War or Peace (Avoid the Destruction of Divorce Court)”covers the horror stories of divorce along with a mutual split. Get your copy NOW! ***Check out Joryn’s latest TV interview on ABC7 in Sarasota, FL.*** www.mysuncoast.com/video/2020/01/08/abc-news-roundtable  Meet Joryn Jenkins: Joryn Jenkins is a trial attorney with 40+ years of courtroom experience, now in private practice at Open Palm in Tampa, where she concentrates on the courtless practice of family law. While Joryn’s focus during most of her years in practice has centered on legal ethics, civility, and professionalism in the practice of law, her mission in recent years has morphed, to “change the way the world gets divorced,” to inform folks as to the alternatives they have when it comes to the process of divorce, and to enlighten them as to which choices will best suit their families and their finances. Here are her publishing accolades………. * Former Editor of The Family Law Commentator of The Florida Bar & Former Editor-in-Chief of both The Federal Lawyer and The Bencher magazines. * Author of the following bo