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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla.

A vegan mother whose newborn sonwas taken from her several months ago after he began losing weight has regained custody of the child.

On Wednesday, a Seminole County, Florida, judge told Sarah Markham that she would get custody of her son Caleb, with the provision that she provide a nutritionist's report within 10 days.

Markham was arrested in June when her son was less than 2 weeks old. He had lost 10 percent of his body weight. A doctor said Caleb was failing to thrive and told Markham to take her child to a hospital.

Rather than taking the boy to the hospital, Markham wanted to try supplementing breast milk with vegan formula.

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"There's no case, there's no abuse, there's no neglect there's simply a doctor who has been challenged by a mother, and he didn't like it," said Bo Markham, Caleb's grandfather.

The judge agreed, throwing out Seminole County Child Protective Services' claim that Sarah Markham was not fit to care for the child.

Attorney Mark O'Mara said he expects the criminal case against the mother to be thrown out, as well.

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Vegan mom regains custody of baby after arrest over newborn's weight