Domestic Protective Order Can Include Animals and Pets

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Danny Meek

The lines between human and animal law seem to be narrowing in more and more areas.

I recently attended a Continuing Education Class on Animal Law.

I was intrigued to learn that some states (California for one) have statutes that provide, as a part of a protective order in cases involving domestic violence, that the Court may grant exclusive possession, care or control of any animal owned, possessed, leased or kept by either the injured party or a minor child residing in the residence.

The Court may also order the offending party to stay away from the animal and forbid that person from taking, transferring, encumbering, concealing, molesting, attacking, striking, threatening, harming or otherwise disposing of the animal.

Powerful legal tools.

I will have some additional new information later this week.
 

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