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Monday, October 27, 2014

Mariah Carey’s dogs visiting Nick Cannon? Custody battle over pets ensues - National Celebrity Headlines | Examiner.com

Here's another famous couple fighting over the dogs!  Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have eight (8) dogs - they've split up their fortunes and determined visitation for their children but they can't agree on the dogs!



Relationship turmoil does have an effect on your pets - who they live with, how they are treated, their environment.  Courts are not equipped to help couples work out decisions regarding their pets.  Pet mediation and alternative dispute resolution is the best way to address the unique needs of your pets.





Mariah Carey’s dogs visiting Nick Cannon? Custody battle over pets ensues - National Celebrity Headlines | Examiner.com

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Pets increasingly at center of divorce battles

Planning on getting married?  Getting a prenuptial agreement (a/k/a a prenup)?  If you have pets considering adding provisions regarding your shared pets (a prepup)! As the incidence of disputes over shared custody of pets continues to rise, thinking about how the pets would be shared in the event of a split is a good decision.



Far too often, couples fail to address how the pets will be handled in the event of a breakup only to find out that their "ass-umption" about what would happen is wrong.  Pets are not furniture, they are beloved members of our family and they deserve to be treated with the same consideration as our children.



Want more information about the current state of pet custody?  Here's a case that demonstrates the courts are taking a harder look at this issue.  Better to create your own solution than to leave something this important to the decision making power of the courts.  



Pets increasingly at center of divorce battles



Sunday, July 20, 2014

Divorcing couple struggles with pet custody - chicagotribune.com

Are couples using their pets as pawns in order to prolong the pain of divorce?  Most courts will not hear disputes related to the custody of pets - this is because pets still are viewed as property - not a living, breathing being whose needs and emotions also need to be taken into consideration.



Divorce is difficult enough.  The pets suffer from the loss of daily contact with the people they love.  They have not changed their loyalties just because one spouse has decided they can't/don't want to live with another.  Our pets love us unconditionally - they don't want a divorce.



Protect your pets when your relationship sours - ask a pet mediator to help you resolve your dispute.  



Divorcing couple struggles with pet custody - chicagotribune.com

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith divorce goes to the dogs; pet custody issue - National Celebrity Headlines | Examiner.com

Here's another celebrity couple in the news where the divorce has sparked a debate over who will get the dogs.  Pet custody can be a big issue in a divorce - especially true because most courts are equipped to handle pet custody issues in the same way they handle "time sharing" for the kids.



Pet custody disputes are best settled in mediation where the couple can craft their own solution and not end up with one imposed arbitrarily by the court.  Don't let a non-family member decide the fate for your pets.  Take pet custody issues into your own hands and get an experienced mediator, preferably a pet .lover who can help work through these sensitive issues.  



Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith divorce goes to the dogs; pet custody issue - National Celebrity Headlines | Examiner.com

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Fighting Over Cats and Dogs During a Divorce | Maria Cognetti

As the incidence of pet disputes rise, more couples and more pets will be affected.  The best way to solve a pet related dispute is mediation, not litigation.  



Fighting Over Cats and Dogs During a Divorce | Maria Cognetti