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NEW YORK TRUSTS FOR PETS

Some animals are undoubtedly beloved pets.  They provide us with love and companionship, while there are other animals that are more than pets.  For example, horses are an investment, they are a partner in exercise, they help some children with therapy and a comrade to see the world with if you ever had the distinct pleasure of exploring the wilderness on horseback.  Seeing eye dogs or other therapeutically trained animals are literal life savers in some cases.  All of these animals are deserving of the full legal protections that you can provide to them.  Pet trusts are not tools reserved for the rich and eccentric.  As of 2012, 46 states (and the District of Columbia) have laws in effect that allow for pet trusts.  In 1996, the New York legislature enacted NY EPTL §  7-8.1, which allows for the care of any pet or animal by way of a trust, which terminates when the beneficiary animal dies.  In fact, pet trusts are so popular and well ingrained in the law, that there is a model, uniform law, found at Uniform Trust Code 402.  Pet trusts are now practically commonplace.

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