{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 27 - Michael and Stephen are not legal experts","description":"Who gets the pet if a couple breaks up? Are you entitled to \u201cpain and suffering\u201d if your cat dies as a result of a car accident? If your dog is attacked at the dog park, who is responsible for the veterinary bills? You may consider your rabbit as part of the family but how does the law see them?&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; These are complex questions with no simple answers. As neither Michael or Stephen are legal experts, they brought Scott Kimberly into the studio to talk about these issues and more. While Scott\u2019s answers are repeatedly prefaced with \u201cthat depends,\u201d he walks us through plenty of the reasons how and why the law views pets the way it does.&amp;nbsp; Here are links to information we talked about today:  You can learn more about Scott and his law firm on his  website or at Facebook Tennessee Code Annotated is the source for all Tennessee laws \u2013 about pets and otherwise Can someone find Stephen\u2019s mugshot with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department?  Got a question for Michael and Stephen? Run across something interesting you want to share with the show? Do you have a topic idea for a future episode? Send it to us at thefamilypetpodcast@gmail.com.&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Family Pet Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/familypethealth.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/24305124\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/24305124"}