TiredNTexas
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Texas
This is kind of a long story so I apologize ahead of time.
Before I met my wife she lived with her Sister and Brother in Law in their house. My wifes Brother also lived with them. Not long after they lived together a cat that they eventually called Bootsy came over from next door. The owner of the cat was a little boy and his mom wouldn't let him keep the cat anylong. My wifes brother asked the owners (his sister and brother in law) if he could keep the cat and they said yes. Bootsy was around 6 months old and because there were other cats in the are she ended up pregnant. She was too young to have the kittens so they had to be delivered via C section. The surgical wound soon became infected and Bootsy would have died but my wife spent well over 900 dollars to get the cat emergency medical attention. The cat survived and my wife moved out of the house to moving in with me. She let her sister keep Bootsy.
My wifes sister, brother in law, and brother moved to Washington state together a year after that happened. Several years later my wifes brother moved back to Texas and left Bootsy in his sisters care. Now a year ago My sister in law and her husband got a divorce because he cheated on her and wanted to be with another woman. When this other woman moved in she brought a cat and they kicked Bootsy out of the house.
My sister in law is moving to Texas to live with me and I paid for a plane ticket for Bootsy to come as well. Now that the ticket has been paid for My sister in laws ex husband decided he wants to keep the cat in Washington. I want to know if I have any legal claim to get the cat here. He doesn't take the cat to the Vet and he never paid the 900+ dollars back to my wife and I. Please advise.
This is kind of a long story so I apologize ahead of time.
Before I met my wife she lived with her Sister and Brother in Law in their house. My wifes Brother also lived with them. Not long after they lived together a cat that they eventually called Bootsy came over from next door. The owner of the cat was a little boy and his mom wouldn't let him keep the cat anylong. My wifes brother asked the owners (his sister and brother in law) if he could keep the cat and they said yes. Bootsy was around 6 months old and because there were other cats in the are she ended up pregnant. She was too young to have the kittens so they had to be delivered via C section. The surgical wound soon became infected and Bootsy would have died but my wife spent well over 900 dollars to get the cat emergency medical attention. The cat survived and my wife moved out of the house to moving in with me. She let her sister keep Bootsy.
My wifes sister, brother in law, and brother moved to Washington state together a year after that happened. Several years later my wifes brother moved back to Texas and left Bootsy in his sisters care. Now a year ago My sister in law and her husband got a divorce because he cheated on her and wanted to be with another woman. When this other woman moved in she brought a cat and they kicked Bootsy out of the house.
My sister in law is moving to Texas to live with me and I paid for a plane ticket for Bootsy to come as well. Now that the ticket has been paid for My sister in laws ex husband decided he wants to keep the cat in Washington. I want to know if I have any legal claim to get the cat here. He doesn't take the cat to the Vet and he never paid the 900+ dollars back to my wife and I. Please advise.