State lawmakers consider trust funds for pets

Behind every cat lounging on a chair or snoozing in the sun at the Last Post Sanctuary, there's the story of an owner who loved the animal enough to plan for its life without them.

[Tristan]

Give your pet all the love he deserves and he will give it back to you in ten folds, but when you died that's it, that's why in the ancient time the Egyptians bury their pets with them...!no body it's going to love them like you...! I taking all of mine with me...!

[Shae Marie]

Ok, I understand the love for a pet, i have a dog who's part of my family and i've thought about what would happen if i couldn't care for her. Let's say i put up a trust fund for this Sanctuary, the fund would expire after a pet dies,ok now who would get the remaining money?? in some cases there might be thousands " maybe more" is there a refund on the remaining money?
Is there a set amount or just what you can afford?

Also can the family contest this in court to try and recover the rest?

BTW Tippy is a lucky cat ..:)

[Sigmund Freud]

Shae Marie wrote:

Ok, I understand the love for a pet, i have a dog who's part of my family and i've thought about what would happen if i couldn't care for her. Let's say i put up a trust fund for this Sanctuary, the fund would expire after a pet dies,ok now who would get the remaining money?? in some cases there might be thousands " maybe more" is there a refund on the remaining money?
Is there a set amount or just what you can afford?
Also can the family contest this in court to try and recover the rest?
BTW Tippy is a lucky cat ..:)

Go see a psychiatrist and give them your cash now.

[Arnold Ziffle]

Shae Marie wrote:

Ok, I understand the love for a pet, i have a dog who's part of my family and i've thought about what would happen if i couldn't care for her. Let's say i put up a trust fund for this Sanctuary, the fund would expire after a pet dies,ok now who would get the remaining money?? in some cases there might be thousands " maybe more" is there a refund on the remaining money?
Is there a set amount or just what you can afford?
Also can the family contest this in court to try and recover the rest?
BTW Tippy is a lucky cat ..:)

Make the check out to me

[Shae Marie]

Ok wrong choice of words i should have said " what if a person decides to do this" instead of
" lets say i " omg you have me seeing a shrink and making out a check.

[MA in CT]

Arnold Ziffle wrote:

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Make the check out to me

and your name is..........

[MA in CT]

I think it's a good idea to have a plan in place for your pets. I would hope my kids would take my pets when I can't care for them anymore. But if you don't have anyone it's better to make a plan than have someone do something to hurt your pet, putting it out to fend for itself comes to mind. I'm sure there are more monetary details than appears in the article.

[Rin Tin Tin]

This is way more important than gay marriage. Repeal gay marriage and get the trust fund for pets going. The politicians in CT don't know how to prioritize things.