Coronavirus crisis complicates child custody battles

Former spouses who are in arranged custody agreements or are still in the midst of custody battles with one another over their children must now contend with the COVID-19 crisis as part of their legal entanglements.

A Miami emergency room physician on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic temporarily lost custody of her 4-year-old daughter after state Circuit Court Judge Bernard Shapiro ruled the child should stay with her father to limit the risk of exposure to the coronavirus.