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Posted by HR&S on 1/3/2006, 12:20 pm, in reply to "Adopter Screening" Mike --Previous Message--
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We had the same situation when in CA. We sued and won. As long as she signed the contract she should be held liable. Do you have non-ownership clause in your contract? Our contract states that we never give up ownership. This would called breach of contract. You might want to put a penalty clause in your contract that states if the custodial caregiver(not adopter since adopting indicates ownership)shall abide by all conditions in the contract and either the horse comes back or the caregiver and rescue agree that the value of the horse shall be $5000 or whatever monetary value you want to place on the horse. That will usually get their attention.
: Hi - my family does a very limited horse
: rescue (we purchase 2 to 4 at risk horses a
: year, address any health issues, work with
: them daily until we feel they are
: well-mannered and ready to move on to new
: homes and then attempt to find each of them
: an awesome home for life). I am looking for
: any input as to how others out there screen
: for potential adopters. While over all I
: have been very happy with the homes my
: babies have gone to I have one instance
: where I am now suing to have a horse
: returned to me (fingers crossed). Although
: the adopter signed a contract saying that
: she could neither sell the horse, nor give
: her away without my written consent - she
: was given to a person who I am very familiar
: with and who I do not want to have this
: horse. I am looking for any ideas as to how
: I can avoid this in the future. Any ideas,
: suggestions, etc. would be greatly
: appreciated.
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