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Rise in "pet nups"

What happens to your pet if you and your partner separate?

More couples are apparently signing up for "pet nups" - a legal agreement setting out who gets custody of the beloved pets if they split up.

Some 3.2 million UK households reportedly got a pet during lockdown, so could we be seeing more of this type of legal agreement?

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Essex speaks to Karen Dovaston, chair of the Law Society's Family Law Committee and from Dovaston Law, based in Southend-on-Sea.

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