A WOMAN who admitted to taunting a dying seven-year-old neighbour has lost custody of her children.

Jennifer Petkov has an eight-year-old daughter and five-year-old son from a previous relationship. Both are now moving in with their father until further notice.

Petkov made headlines a few days ago after she admitted to taunting the family of seven-year-old Kathleen Edward, who is dying from Huntington's Disease.

She posted disturbing photos of Kathleen on Facebook, and her husband, Scott Petkov, parked a coffin on the street in front of the girl's home.

The father of Petkov's children filed for the emergency hearing right after the story broke.

The community, meanwhile, has rallied around the dying girl. A local pharmacy has been raising money, collecting 20 percent of all toy and gift purchases, to help pay for Edwards' care.

"People (have) been coming in here today all day long leaving checks, leaving donations and literally crying because they were just so moved by what's going on," said pharmacy owner Rich Grossman.

"It was actually kind of a surprise for all of us. We ... got a phone call a few days ago saying ... to come down. They're going to do a benefit here, and we didn't know it was going to be this entailed, but it's great. She's been smiling all day," said Robert Edward, Kathleen's father.

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Originally published as Mum who taunted dying girl loses her kids