Neighbor Stole My Cat
I live in a trailer park and the neighbor less than 50 feet away (two trailers down) took my 9 year old cat. I had just moved in and I didn’t want to cause a rift. I thought if they also enjoyed her, we could (in a way) share and she could come back and forth… but she was never allowed to do that. They trapped her inside, even when I kept asking for her. They then took her and moved out of the park and have refused to give her back in writing. She is micro chipped and I have many vet records for her. She refused to let the animal control officer meet with her so he could scan her chip.
I have civil court with her tomorrow, which has now cost me $150+ in filing fees/sheriffs office fees to have her served etc. The cat herself was $500 nine years ago when I bought her, which I have proof of as well.. but all I can do is worry that this will backfire somehow. She keeps claiming she’s had her 6-9 months, which isn’t true. I just kept hoping she’d get out and walk the —not even 50 feet— home. Now she’s over a mile away in their locked apartment building. Her kids posted pictures on 4/20 on Snapchat of them allegedly hotboxing the cat with marijuana… which she now says are fake catnip joints they bought as a joke. She posted a pic of the stupid things to prove it… but it was intentionally misleading at the very least.
Does anyone have any idea how this might go in the civil courts? I have all of my proof printed out in a folder.
Thank you.
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