Pets and divorce – what does the law say? We’ve all heard of child custody battles, but pet custody? In the maelstrom of divorce proceedings, the living arrangements of the cat or dog can seem like a trivial concern. Working out complex financial settlements and resolving the highly emotional subject of child custody can often […]
Reaching a divorce settlement you can live with involves preparation – practical and emotional Divorce is stressful, often painful. You don’t need us to tell you that. When you reach the stage of negotiating your divorce settlement, you’ve already gone through an intensely emotional process. You’re in the home stretch. But this is the time […]
Reprinted from ENCA – 2022-01-05 MADRID – In the case of a divorce, who keeps the family cat or dog? Spain has ruled that, as with children, parents should in some cases share custody. A new law that came into effect on Wednesday recognises pets as “living, sentient beings” for the first time, and not mere […]
A woman getting divorced wants her husband to be fined for not paying fully for their dogs. Picture: FileReprinted from the Pretoria News, by Zelda Venter – 2020-10-08 Pretoria – A divorcing woman asked that her estranged husband be fined R20,000 for contempt of court because, among other things, he did not fully pay […]
London – The biggest bone of contention in a quarter of all divorces is the family pet, according to a report. Research among family lawyers and a poll of the public said that many couples caught up in divorce are likely to put custody of a pet above their concerns about property, or even the […]
