Under the IMDMA, What Is the Well-Being of a Companion Animal?
By Angela Peters & David Hopkins
Family Law,
February 2020
Effective January 1, 2018, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to allow parties going through a divorce to petition the court for sole or joint possession of companion animals.
Under the IMDMA, What Is the Well-Being of a Companion Animal?
By Angela Peters & David Hopkins
Animal Law,
August 2019
Effective January 1, 2018, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to allow parties going through a divorce to petition the court for sole or joint possession of companion animals.
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