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Brazil changes laws allowing separated couples joint custody over pets

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 348 words · By Olivia Ireland
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What to know about Brazil changes laws allowing separated couples joint custody over pets

New Brazil law allows separated couples joint custody over pets Courts in Brazil will be able to determine shared custody arrangements for the pets of separating couples under new laws.

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What happened

New Brazil law allows separated couples joint custody over pets Courts in Brazil will be able to determine shared custody arrangements for the pets of separating couples under new laws.

Why it matters

Lawmakers in the Brazilian Congress viewed the law change as a reflection of the importance people place on their pets.

Common ground

The legislation means that, if a couple separates without reaching an agreement regarding their pet, "a judge will determine the shared custody arrangement and the equitable distribution of the animal's maintenance expenses between the parties".

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “New Brazil law allows separated couples joint custody over pets”
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Claim 2: “For the law to apply to separating couples, the animal must have spent the majority of its life with the pair”
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Claim 3: “In 2014, France changed its law so pets were considered 'living and feeling beings' rather than 'moveable goods'”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — French of France (French: français de France [fʁɑ̃sɛ də fʁɑ̃s]) is the predominant variety of the French language in France, Andorra and Monaco, in its formal and informal registers. It has, for a lon…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the …
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Claim 4: “The legislation means that, if a couple separates without reaching an agreement regarding their pet, 'a judge will determine the shared custody arrangement and the equitable distribution of the animal's maintenance expenses between the parties'”
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Claim 5: “Currently in the UK, dogs are legally seen as inanimate objects akin to cars, houses or other personal items, meaning custody cases come down to determining who the sole owner is”
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Claim 6: “Courts in Brazil will be able to determine shared custody arrangements for the pets of separating couples under new laws”
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Claim 7: “Currently, the country of 213 million people has about 160 million pets, according to the Instituto Pet Brasil”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — São Paulo (, Portuguese: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ) is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region and is bordered by …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), also known as the little blue macaw, or simply blue macaw, is a macaw species that was endemic to Brazil. It is a member of tribe Arini in the subfamily Arinae (Neot…
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Claim 8: “The most recent example of a pet being given joint custody was in Spain in 2021. A judge granted joint custody of a dog to a separated couple who went to court to determine who the pet should live with”
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Claim 9: “The Madrid court considered that both parties were 'jointly responsible' and 'co-caretakers' of Panda the dog”
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Claim 10: “Members of Congress said there had been an increase in pet custody disputes in courts”
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Claim 11: “Shared custody will not be granted in cases in which one of the parties has a prior criminal record, or a history or risk of domestic violence”
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Claim 12: “Australia currently has no legislation on how the courts should navigate living arrangements for pets after a break-up”
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