When She Broke Up With Her Ex, He Demanded Full Custody Of Their Dog Or $5,000 If She Didn’t Want To Hand Her Over
Something that only pet owners will understand is being willing to do anything for your pet because of how much you care for them. Many pet owners refer to their pets as their fur babies, feeling like they need to protect them as a parent would their child.
TikTok user Erin (@itserinconfortini) shares the story of her ex-boyfriend suing her for $5,000 over the custody of their dog, Bella.
Erin begins by explaining how the breakup went down. They had been fighting for a couple of weeks, and one day, while her ex was at work, he texted her, saying that they needed to have a talk when he got home.
Anticipating the breakup, she asked if that’s what was happening and, if so, what they were going to do about Bella. Regarding the dog, he reassured her that they would figure something out.
To Erin’s surprise, when her ex got back home, he was immediately insistent on bringing Bella to his parent’s house and that she needed to say her goodbyes to their dog. Hysterical, she refused to let this happen, grabbed hold of Bella and her keys, and set to leave out the back door.
The door was slammed in her face by her ex, and when she tried to call the police, he snatched her phone out of her hands! She quickly went upstairs with Bella to her office, where she grabbed her work phone and called 911.
The police came and allowed Erin to take Bella that day but told Erin and her ex that they would need to figure out a compromise about the dog on their own.
“So my thought process at the time, even after he just tried to like to [swindle] me out of the dog that I’ve been paying for and taking care of for the last year, was that we could figure out some type of like joint custody type thing, at least for the time being,” Erin said.
She knew how much sadness and pain it would cause her if she was never able to see Bella again, and she didn’t wish that feeling on anyone, which is why she was willing to form some sort of compromise with her ex.
e-Kis – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual dog
So, Erin got into contact with a friend of a friend who’s a lawyer and asked if they could help her write out a fair agreement of some sort. But after some back and forth about this, he ended up not agreeing to sign any paperwork allowing them to share custody of Bella, so Erin continued to keep her pup.
Around a month after this, Erin then received court-issued papers in the mail that stated her ex-boyfriend was requesting either full custody of the dog or $5,000 from Erin. She was blown away by this amount, especially because the paperwork claimed that she had not been putting her money towards the dog, which was super false!
“Not only did we split the initial cost of the dog, but I’ve also been paying every vet fee and all of her pet insurance over the last year,” Erin explained. “I’ve taken her to every single vet appointment, he’s not even on her vet records for that reason.”
Erin goes on to say that she could have gotten a lawyer to try and get this cost reduced, but in her mind, she rather pay the money, keep her dog, and be done with the whole scenario rather than go through any more lengthy processes. She’s proud of herself for standing up for herself and Bella!
@itserinconfortini Replying to @courtney kinn my ex boyfriend sued me for $5000 storytime
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