What Happens to Pets When Couples Break Up
What Happens to Pets When Couples Break Up July 19, 2021 A cat and a dog sit inside a baby stroller in Seville, Spain, Saturday, June 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:07:29 0:00 In the United States, the law views domestic animals, or pets, as property when married people legally separate. Now, American courts are seeing new ways of deciding custody of the family pet. Special negotiators are being employed to argue for pet “parents.” Some couples are even signing contracts before they marry about pet ownership if the ...