Planning For Pets: Trusts, Leash Laws and More (A Real Life Legal Guide)

by Joanne Dekker Esq.

Overview

If you have a pet, you’re in good company. It's been estimated that over 68% of American households have a pet, including over 83 million dogs and 95 million cats! And that doesn't include all of the fish, birds, rabbits, gerbils, snakes, lizards, ferrets and horses sharing our homes and lives.

If you consider your pet a member of your family, the laws that affect your pet affect you! Here we cover leash laws, rabies, dangerous dog registries and animal control. We make it easy to understand:

• Creating pet trusts.
• What happens to pets in a divorce.
• Service dogs in public places and “no pet” housing projects.
• Exotic pets.
• Weather emergencies that affect you and your pet.

This book, written by a lawyer who is an animal lover, covers a lot of ground. And provides checklists and other valuable resources for those who love animals and to keep your pet safe!

Real Life Legal wants you to be prepared!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150183759
Publisher:	Parker Press
Publication date:	12/13/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	180 KB

About the Author

Joanne Dekker is an avid animal lover and works on legal issues involving pets and animals. Her law practice also focuses on employment law, construction and government contract litigation, and general business litigation. Ms. Dekker represents both management and employees in private sector employment law matters and also represents federal employees before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Ms. Dekker graduated cum laude from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., with a B.A. in American history. She received the John Farrell Prize for American History and was inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the international honor society for history. She also earned her J.D. at the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University.

Ms. Dekker is admitted to practice in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. She is also admitted in the federal courts: United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Eastern District of Virginia and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Ms. Dekker is also a member of the Loudoun County Animal Advisory Committee and a member of the Animal Law Section of the Maryland State Bar.