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Madlyn Primoff, an attorney for a prominent Park Avenue law firm, was arrested after abandoning her daughters on the side of the road in White Plains, New York.

Primoff, a partner at Kaye Scholer, was fed up with bickering between her 10 and 12-year-old daughters and kicked them out of the car in White Plains business district.

The 45-year-old mom let her 12-year-old daughter back in when she caught up with the car, however, the 10-year-old was spotted wandering around the corner in tears by a good Samaritan, who contacted police.

The young girl was “very upset” and “emotional” according to the police report.

Primoff reported her daughter missing, and was arrested when the family arrived at the police station to pick up the child. She was charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, and released on bond.