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In court, your business records and those of your vet and farrier are admissible outside of the hearsay rule.[/QUOTE]
Really? How do you get them in without the records custodian’s testimony?
Each witness brings his or her own records. I guess when you were doing family court all those years you might have done some of that?
So one person from vet’s office brings all the records from that office, even of vets who have left that practice. So their records, as part of the business records of the practice, are admissible. It’s really simple for a trial lawyer. Which is what cool meadows needs.
Yes, that’s how we introduce record evidence in family court as well - by testimony of the record custodian. I misunderstood your post - I thought you were saying the records, of themselves, were admissible.
If so, I’d have been glad to learn how. 
Would save me a lot of time writing subpoenas and a lot of money on witness fees.
In most states, if you take a branded horse, one which was hot or cold, and you registered it in your state as yours, and cross into a different state, that horse is anybody’s now.
BRANDS are only as good as your state line.
My RM mare is chipped. Has the breeder’s info on it, not mine, however I could change it if I wanted too. However, breeder knows whom owns this horse. I have the registry papers in my name, which also has her dna, also she is breed certified with my name too.
Anybody with a chip checker will see her info. My coggins has her chip number on it. Vets are to chip check when doing coggins.
However, with that said, somebody could take her, but if somebody ever checked her for a chip, info would be known. But only if somebody checked her for a chip.
If she had a vanity brand on her, I could go 2 miles north and be in a different state, thus it can be registered in anybody’s name, or nobody’s name. To my knowledge, states do not have a universal book. Also, who says one can’t just go and put whatever brand they want? Nobody has to register it.
My freeze mark on my arabs by Kiro Kenetics is unalterable, and is in their national data base. It is transferable to the new owner. But then again, as with freeze marks and brands, you have to see it, and be able to read it.
I think chips are the way to go. Change ownership, change the info on the chip at the chip registry.
I don’t think I could have gone to the judge to get a temporary restraining order in Virginia… we have protective orders and you must convince the magistrate that you’re in fear for your life to get those. Officials have outright refused to have Fortune moved to a neutral location, at anyone’s expense. Waiting to hear back from another lawyer, hopefully one who won’t tell me this isn’t worth my money.
I have done something else though, beyond my care records Cloudy… I’ll let you know in a PM.
I was asked to give 2 horses a home last Aug. No paperwork, no verbal contract. Now she’s demanding them back - after she moved away & got settled. She filed a civil suit claiming we signed an agreement she drafted and that I kept the original & didn’t give her a copy. ( ridiculous!). Reading this blog I feel somewhat better about my defense. I have farrier & vet bills, lots of pics and Coggins. And sworn testimony by the woman who introduced us that she GAVE them to me. Fingers crossed!
Hiring a lawyer licensed in your state, and familiar with livestock/property law, to help you would do more for your chances of success than relying on opinions from an internet BB and crossing your fingers.
