Animal Law
Animals play a large role in the lives of the shareholders and employees of The Law Center. Often our dogs come with us to the office. They are part of our families and part of our firm culture. Like children, we believe animals also have the right to be free from harm and fear.
Practice Areas
- Adoption
- Animal Law
- Appeals
- Assisted Reproduction
- Child Custody, Placement, and Support
- Child in Need of Protection and/or Services (CHIPS)
- Collaborative Divorce
- Divorce and Dissolution
- Foster Parent Rights
- Grandparent Rights
- Guardianship
- Immigration
- International Adoption
- International Family Law
- International Surrogacy
- LGBTQ Family Formation and Protection
- LGBTQ Family Law
- Marital Property and Cohabitation Agreements
- Mediation
- Parent Coordination
- Paternity
- School Law
- Surrogacy
- Transgender Law
We can help with the following:
- Animal custody disputes in divorces and separations
- Estate planning for your animals
- Housing disputes: “no pets” policies and breed discrimination laws
- Domestic violence issues involving pets
- Enforcement of anti-cruelty laws
- Personhood and constitutional rights of animals, as in the case of Happy the Elephant in New York