No Visitation with a Dog
It’s fairly well-known how divorce courts approach the painful issues about where children should live. Pets are a different issue. Vastly different.
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Actually goes back before Blackstone, when a pet was not only property, but larceny of your
pet or its destruction would get you no value even in a property suit. Here in Florida
the Court’s have clearly stated that, as a matter of public policy, they have enough
trouble determining custody and visitation with children, they won’t even consider
extending it to pets.
This a battle for Animal Humane Association americanhumane.org
I bet all the pet lovers are jumping up and down on this issue.
In my divorce practice in Virginia, I have seen parties agree to pet visitation in separation agreements. However, in a contested case the courts would handle this as a personal property issue– I can’t imagine a Judge here granting pet visitation.