AdvertisementA pet-nup is typically a contractual agreement over who should care for a pet in the event of a relationship ending. When there is no pet-nup, Cohen said he needs to sift through text messages, social media posts and witness statements to prove pet ownership and enforce an agreement. AdvertisementYou don’t need to be married to benefit from a pet-nup agreement. “There are people who will stay in bad relationships because they don’t want to lose a pet,” Cohen said. He noted that, in general, simply writing a pet-nup agreement in a notebook with your signatures could be helpful later on.

Source: Huffington Post November 27, 2025 12:41 UTC