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19 June 2017

Your Pet Is Property, Not A Child, So Don't Expect Visitation Rights If You Split Up

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Millions of Canadian pet-owners treat their cats and dogs like members of the family, lavishing them with attention and sparing no expense when it comes to their well-being.
Canada Family and Matrimonial

Special to the Financial Post

Millions of Canadian pet-owners treat their cats and dogs like members of the family, lavishing them with attention and sparing no expense when it comes to their well-being.

When couples decide to end their relationship, many separating couples believe that decisions about their pets should be dealt with as a custody and access dispute. 

Unfortunately, they're wrong.

Torkin Manes lawyer Laurie H. Pawlitza discusses how the law views family pets when couples separate in her latest column in the Financial Post.

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