Forget the family silver or the car. Increasing numbers of couples who split up have a greater bone of contention -- who gets the family pet?
With pets being treated more as one of the family than just an animal, the fate of Fido or Cuddles is becoming a growing problem which lawyers are taking on board, drafting "petimony" contracts and sparking a new focus on animal law issues.
Michelle Brown, a family law expert from Sydney firm Watts McCray, said it's becoming more common for couples, particularly childless or heterosexual pairs, to share access to pets after they split but the law in most nations is not equipped for this.
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