This is the second in a three-part blog series about pet adoption contracts – not to be confused with a bill of sale from a pet shop or breeder. This applies only to adoption contracts with pet rescue organizations. The first article is geared toward…
This is the first in a three-part blog series about pet adoption contracts – not to be confused with a bill of sale from a pet shop or breeder. This applies only to adoption contracts with pet rescue organizations. When acquiring a dog, cat, puppy…
The New Jersey Vicious and Potentially Dangerous Dog Act, N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq., imposes penalties and conditions on dog owners whose dogs have injured a human being or killed or seriously injured a domestic animal (pet). Trials are held in Municipal Court but because the…
What is a dangerous dog? Why don’t you want your dog labeled “potentially dangerous”? In New Jersey, the term “dangerous” is not defined by the breed, someone’s subjective opinion of your dog, or the dog’s prior history – it can be defined by a single…
Gina Calogero made law in New Jersey with the very first reported decision on pet custody. In the precedent-setting decision Houseman v. Dare, 405 N. J. Super. 538 (App. Div. 2009), the New Jersey Appellate Court ruled that family courts have jurisdiction in disputes over…
