the field of animal law is growing. Nearly half of the 190 accredited law schools in the United States now offer animal law courses, up from a handful 10 years ago, and around 100 now have chapters of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. A rising number of lawyers are dedicating themselves, in whole or in part, to the practice, and the American Bar Association and 13 state bar associations now have animal law committees.
Tell her to piss off, if she wants to go to court over a cat, then go to court. Had she contacted you before the cat, I would have said she is trying anything to get back together with you, but this just sounds f'd up.
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Even if you license it, register it with a new vet etc, if she goes to court she still might win due to the dates involved will clearly show what you are doing.
? Not obvious at all. She was the considered the owner of both cats - they had a verbal agreement that they each take one of the cats during the split and then he switched over the paperwork on kitty's first trip to the vet post psycho-hose-beast era. 100% perfectly explainable and logical.
I'm kind of old school in my thinking. I would just jump the gun on her and talk to the cops. Tell them that its your cat but she took it to the vet and listed herself as the primary owner because you weren't there at the time. Just be honest.
If this doesn't work, you will have to use your personality to create some fear within her. Just act like you could snap at any time. Refer to Dion Phaneuf or Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) for how to do this.
Hopefully she doesnt have a key to your place either.......
We thought about opening a pet law department. It comes up all the time. I've drafted some trusts where people left $100K + to their pets. Seems to me the SPCA gets more bequests in wills than any other charity (too bad people don't care more about other people).
You can cremate your pet, and turn the cremains into diamonds (Life Gems).
We had a big case where a municipality was trying to evict some noisy sled dogs. There have been dog bite injury claims. Pet custody battles.
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I would make sure you keep as many receipts as you can find for the past 8 months of pet food, supplies, vet stuff, etc. If it comes down to your word vs hers about the verbal agreement; it help your case that it was now "your" cat if you can show that you have not only been caring for it, but buying toys, nail clippers, etc.
WTF, no jokes about a girl wanting pu**y? Maybe that's why you broke up in the first place. She was lebanese.
Tell her to go F herself, and change your locks so she can't come in and steal it. Was the cat black? Go to the SPCA with a can of spraypaint, get a new cat, and take that to her.
It would take a lot of time and money on her part to get the cat legally. I seriously doubt someone would go through that.
get a dog, but it better be quick, i hear they'll be banned soon.
in all seriousness, i'm not sure what you can do. There's more to ownership than simply what's written on a registration form, but going to court over it would be pretty costly. If you have any receipts or records that indicate that you have been caring for the cat etc. They could be useful.
