{"id":249615,"date":"2026-04-02T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=249615"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:02:37","slug":"separated-couples-in-brazil-to-be-allowed-shared-custody-of-their-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/249615\/","title":{"rendered":"Separated couples in Brazil to be allowed shared custody of their pets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Separating couples in Brazil will be able to share custody of their pets after the country’s congress passed new laws, the BBC<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

Under the new laws, 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.”<\/p>\n

Currently, the country of 213 million people has about 160 million pets, according to the Instituto Pet Brasil.<\/p>\n

For the law to apply to separating couples, the animal must have spent the majority of its life with the pair.<\/p>\n

Shared custody will not be granted in cases of prior criminal records or a history or risk of domestic violence.<\/p>\n

The statement added that couples with fewer children tend to have closer relationships with their animals, “often considered true family members.”<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Separating couples in Brazil will be able to share custody of their pets after the country’s congress passed new laws, the BBC writes. Under the new laws, 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":249549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-other-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249618,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249615\/revisions\/249618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}