(File Photo: Source for Photo: This photo provided by the Allegheny County, Pa., Police Department shows a brown-and-white male French bulldog. Authorities announced on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, that Allison Lyn Gaiser, the woman accused of intentionally abandoning her French bulldog at a Pennsylvania airport before she boarded a flight to a resort in Mexico earlier this month, has been charged with animal cruelty and related charges. (Allegheny County Police Department via AP)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Recent legislation that is proposed in Harrisburg would give judges guidelines to make decisions when it does not work out at a home, but someone wants to get a dog or a cat for pet custody. The legislation is titled House Bill 97. The included guidelines are the questions of if the animal was coming into the marriage and who owns responsibility for the well-being of the pet. The last guideline is the questions of who walks or feeds the animal and who brings the animal to the veterinarian. Representative Anita Kulik was the author of this bill, which has exceptions for certified service animals. The expected destination for the bill is the Pennsylvania House for its approval.