You get the kids, I keep the dog
Breaking up is hard to do. Just ask the pet dog of an unmarried New Jersey couple who decided that they had had enough of looking at each other after 13 years.
The erstwhile lovebirds at first amicably agreed that she would get the dog.
But things turned ugly when the guy kept Fido after a post-separation visit.
A state appeals court decided that the guy could not avoid living up to his end of the deal merely by paying the woman $1500, saying that she was entitled to her day in court to prove that the pooch had “special subjective value” justifying specific performance of the couple’s oral agreement. (Houseman v. Dare)
