Dog Wins Alimony In Divorce

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A CANADIAN man got off the leash by divorcing from his wife, but was ordered by a judge to pay $C200 ($211) a month in doggie-alimony.

Four-year-old St Bernard Crunchy is munching his way through a monthly bill of $C200 ($211) in food, health bills and general care giving, the National Post newspaper reported.

Pampering the dog is truck driver Kenneth Duncan, of western Alberta province, in what is thought to be the first court order of its kind in Canada.

The $C200 dollar assessment is about a third of what Mr Duncan would be required to pay his ex-wife Barbara Boschee had there been a child involved - but the ruling doesn't involve any visitation rights.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10399247%255E13762,00.html

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