With All Due Respect, Your Honor, We Don’t Want To Equitably Divide the Family Pets
When a marriage is being dissolved, how do family pets/companion animals fit into New York State’s equitable distribution laws (D.R.L. § 236(B)(5)), which are intended to yield an equitable distribution of jointly held or acquired marital assets (and liabilities) of…
“Best Interests of the Hamster?” A False Equivalency and Absurdity in Proposed Pet Custody Legislation
While still technically property, some courts have recognized that they are more than that, and it is not unusual for divorcing couples to provide for rights or shared time upon separation or divorce.
