‘My psychiatrist... felt that my cats were necessary to my anxiety disorder’: The heartwarming story of two kittens who, after being used as pawns in a vicious custody battle, are declared legal emotional support animals and allowed to stay in their home

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Sep 24, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

The 2000s marked the beginning of the now widely recognized 'blended family'. And while we would like to say that we are talking about cat children becoming a part of hooman families, we are of course talking about families who have split but remained together in some form or another. But it seems that cat children are just as important in this kind of blended family as the story we have lined up today takes us through the trials and tribulations of one woman who just wanted to make her daughter happy by getting the cat children she so desperately dreamed of having.

A purrfect situation, other than the fact that her step-mother claimed to have a severe allergy to cats and while she was somewhat accepting at first, soon became unmanageable and escalated things to heinous heights. This is where things get messy and where we will leave you to discover the drama for yourselves because it sure is juicy. 
 

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  • Well, it is rather hard to see what the problem is here, it seems that everyone is getting on rather swimmingly and making space and understanding for the other people in the situation. But as these situations often do there is usually some sort of wrench in the works waiting around the corner. 

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  • Uh oh, here we go a complete and utter mess is rearing its head. While it is no joke to end up in the ER it is a little out of sorts to start throwing blame around when the situation has been the same for a while now and nothing has happened. Something smells rotten here.

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