Open AccessAvoiding a Hairy Dispute: Using Pet Nups to Avoid Custody Battles over the Ownership of Animals
Author(s) -
Sharlene A. McEvoy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studies in social science research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-0793
pISSN - 2690-0785
DOI - 10.22158/sssr.v3n1p1
Subject(s) - battle , possession (linguistics) , law , political science , criminology , psychology , business , history , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology
One of the more contentious issues involved in the break-up of a marital or other long-term relationship is not necessarily the issue of who gets custody of the children or other possession, but which party will retain custody of the pets. This article explores the benefit of a party’s executing a pet nup that settles the issue without a court battle.