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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5216/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='What Happens to Pets When Couples Break Up' data-article-id='5799'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11833'>In the United States, the law views domestic animals, or pets, as property when married people legally separate.</span> <span data-start-time='11833' data-end-time='20229'>Now, American courts are seeing new ways of deciding custody of the family pet. </span> <span data-start-time='20229' data-end-time='28000'>Special negotiators are being employed to argue for pet “parents.” </span> <span data-start-time='28000' data-end-time='38063'>Some couples are even signing contracts before they marry about pet ownership if the marriage ends. </span> <span data-start-time='38063' data-end-time='46979'>These so-called “petnups” are designed to avoid possible courtroom disputes in the future.</span> <span data-start-time='46979' data-end-time='51396'>Petnup is a play on the word “prenup.” </span> <span data-start-time='51396' data-end-time='60417'>Prenup is short for “prenuptial,” a contract that some couples seek before marriage. </span> <span data-start-time='60417' data-end-time='65271'>Prenups usually deal with property rights.</span> <span data-start-time='65271' data-end-time='72083'>Several pet owners and lawyers recently talked to the Associated Press.</span> <span data-start-time='72083' data-end-time='84000'>In some U.S. states laws permit judges to decide pet custody based on the best interest of the animal under consideration.</span> <span data-start-time='84000' data-end-time='89208'>New York lawmakers are considering such a bill. </span> <span data-start-time='89208' data-end-time='96646'>New York State Senator James Skoufis is the main supporter of the New York measure. </span> <span data-start-time='96646' data-end-time='103354'>He also has a cat named Ruth, for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.</span> <span data-start-time='103354' data-end-time='109896'>Skoufis spoke to the Associated Press about the proposed legislation.</span> <span data-start-time='109896' data-end-time='120667'>“Someone’s cat or someone’s dog is a part of their family and should not be treated like a piece of furniture…,” he said.</span> <span data-start-time='120667' data-end-time='126500'>Adam Citron is a New York divorce lawyer. </span> <span data-start-time='126500' data-end-time='131438'>He says pet custody is always a difficult issue. </span> <span data-start-time='131438' data-end-time='136021'>So, he supports prenups that include pets. </span> <span data-start-time='136021' data-end-time='144167'>A petnup can be especially helpful when people get animals during the marriage.</span> <span data-start-time='144167' data-end-time='155563'>He added that pet custody is far more emotional and difficult to settle than ownership over a set of dishes or a car. </span> <span data-start-time='155563' data-end-time='161563'>In states without these laws, Citron suggests this: </span> <span data-start-time='161563' data-end-time='172875'>Before a couple gets an animal, they should decide whose name will appear alone on registration or ownership papers. </span> <span data-start-time='172875' data-end-time='179688'>That person should pay any costs linked to the pet with their own money.</span> <span data-start-time='179688' data-end-time='187375'>Some negotiators say they work to solve pet disputes through shared custody. </span> <span data-start-time='187375' data-end-time='194250'>Others say that that is not always best for the animal, especially dogs. </span> <span data-start-time='194250' data-end-time='200354'>Dogs are most often at the center of pet custody disputes.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5216/B.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17833 data-hint-location='11833' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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