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Publication Date: January 16, 2026 - 13:34
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Judge upholds cat custody ruling, says parenthood and pet ownership aren’t same
January 16, 2026
An Alberta judge divided up a group of cats between two exes, saying neither gets to keep all of them because pets aren’t the same as kids and legally shouldn’t be treated as such.
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Parenthood and pet ownership should not be conflated, says an Alberta judge about a case involving a bad breakup between a former couple and their fight over four cats they once owned together.
“The legal test applicable to determining parenting after separation should be different than that for deciding the placement of pets after separation,” wrote Justice Douglas R. Mah in a
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