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Michael.77
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Posted - 03 July 2012 :  22:38:59  Show Profile  Visit Michael.77's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Is a dog classed as an asset saleable by the courts??

Viki.W
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Posted - 03 July 2012 :  23:08:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Michael,

Is this your pet? Or do you run some sort of dog business?

I certainly wouldn't list your pet as an asset on your statement of affairs.



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Niobe
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  06:34:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Would it depend upon how valuable it was? I know there have problems in the past with people who have had a horse and have been told they might have to part with them.

Thankfully it's never happened.

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debtinfo
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  06:38:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
As viki says, it really depends on the use that the dog has been for, That being said even if it is kept a very expensive dog may not have all its care expenses allowed in the IPA calculation
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  06:49:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Contrary to what i said above, it looks like the OR's own guidance has changed recently and i have copied it below

31.10.25a Bankrupt’s own pet animal (inserted March 2012)

It is highly unlikely that the bankrupt’s own pet animal will have any realisable value, unless it has a good pedigree.

If so, the official receiver should, in the first instance, establish if the bankrupt wishes to introduce a third party to purchase the animal from the estate. The third party should arrange for the valuation, conducted by a registered breeder or other specialist, on which the sale price should be based.
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Niobe
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  08:09:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I do think it is bad that a family pet can be treated like this, even if it is valuable.

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Daniel Griffiths
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  10:09:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Debtinfo

Does the manual continue to give guideance should the bankrupt not wish to introduce a third party to purchase the animal from the estate, is this not just an opportunity to allow funds to be volunteered into the estate, I cannot see a court approve of the animal being taken and sold, I did once have a client who had a litter of St Bernards puppies, of which the sale proceeds were captured by the OR however thats because the OR had found out they were for sale on the internet.
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  10:16:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I can understand them wanting proceeds if you are selling puppies but if the dog is just a much loved family pet then I think its a bit harsh.

I used to have a Great Dane and no way would I have parted with him.

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Melanie.n
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  10:26:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi there

There was an instance a couple of years back where a bailiff 'seized' a pedigree dog in lieu of a debt outstanding, due to public outcry as it made the papers, the animal was returned to the owner.

I have never, nor would ever consider removing a family pet. Unfortunately, that only goes for the 'usual class of household pet' dog, cat rabbit etc As for horses they are not classed as household pets but 'livestock' and have sadly come across difficulties where horses are concerned, they have not been 'removed' but the difficulty comes where upkeep/feed etc cannot be included in expenditure allowances. Usually it is possible for a third party to cover the food/stabling costs and the matter is left.

Sadly at the end of the day common sense has to prevail, you cannot expect creditors to go without payment or accept lower payment in cases where perhaps an IVA is proposed whilst costs inculded in the household budget to provide for animals not considered the family pet. But there is usually a solution with a family memeber meeting the costs

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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  17:49:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I still think it's wrong where there is a chance that a much loved pet could be taken from you if there was nobody who could make an offer to the OR.

I know if it were me there would be nobody to help out - daughter couldn't afford it and my parents would never know if I went bankrupt.

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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  18:53:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It still does say highly unlikely though.

Daniel, it doesent say anything else in particular reference, but it is clear that the new guidance moves the pet from being exempt to being a potential asset, so the same rules as other assets would apply ie if it cant be bought by a family member it could be forceablly sold. However like any asset practicalities have to be taken into account, and it does link to the animals as stock section which points out that if an animal was taken then there would be considerable costs involved in securing the animal and caring for it before a sale was achieved so it would near to be worth a fair bit before it would realistically be taken, even pedigree dogs are rarely worth mega bucks.

It is only a guess but i think maybe they have changes the possition from exempt to realise if worth it, not to cask all the people that have true pedigree pets but rather the ones that would use it as an excuse to keep other animals. For instance what is the legal definition of pet? if i say had the last surviving member of a species of turtle could i say that was a pet regardless of its worth,

In my time as an examiner i have seen genuine cases of horses, cows, exotic birds, reptiles and a small monkey claimed as a pet, it is hard to know where to draw the line
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Daniel Griffiths
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  19:14:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks Debtinfo, as normal a very good informative reply,
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Niobe
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  19:39:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It is each to his own as to what constitutes a pet - I'd even include a horse as that (if I had one!!)

I would argue that pedigree dogs are not worth mega bucks - trust me - some of them are!!

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Daniel Griffiths
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  20:11:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Like Great Danes, I guess they are almost a horse.
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Niobe
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  20:24:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
He was Daniel! Had he have made fully grown then he his head would have been at least up to my chest and I am 5"4. His father was that big (head wise)

Sadly he only made 13 months due to a very rare disease (thankfully covered by insurance)

We have had rescue dogs ever since!!

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year 2029
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Posted - 04 July 2012 :  21:32:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Obviously, the extreme the OR would have to take into account, would be the likelyhood of selling an expensive pet in a reasonable time frame.

Sale price minus costs in keeping an exotic pet until sold, plus the distress to pet and family, and has been said public outcry.

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