Mumbai couple signs contract to share custody of pet dogs after divorce

A rare incident took place in Mumbai when a couple signed a deal over custody of ir dogs as two parted ir ways. According to media reports, couple tied kt eighteen years ago and in ir married life y rescued two pups and started fostering m as pets. After eighteen years of married life, both decided to separate, but y did t want to separate two pups and chalked a detailed plan, which includes heads up before taking m out of town on vacation. man in couple is a banker and woman is a homemaker.

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Lawyer lauds couple

couple had filed for divorce in February this year and according to divorce deal, man has won primary custody of dogs, while woman can take dogs, for a continuous period of one month thrice a year. Both husband and wife are in ir early 40’s and after marri rift started widening between couple because of mismatch inhabits, views and lifestyle and this led to divorce between couples, but y did want ir pets to suffer this.

Lawyers of couple Amarjeet Prasad and Payal Sethia lauded this unique example in which every family member is treated humanely. This type of case came last time in 2009 when singer Adnan Sami and Sabh Galdari fought for custardy of a pet dog. Commenting on se kinds of cases former President of Bar Sajan Oommen said last year y got a case, where a divorcing couple decides with whom ir pet cat would stay after separation. This is future of matrimonial litigation, he added. Ar lawyer Mrunalini Deshmukh said last time she got this kind of case in which couple wants a settlement of pet after divorce was a decade ago.

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