Allergic Mother Loses Attempt to Prohibit Kids’ Contact With Cat

April 30, 2008

A woman who claimed that she is allergic to her estranged husband's cat cannot prevent their two children from visiting their father's home, a New York judge has ruled. The judge analyzed the issue in terms of harmful activities in the presence of children restricted by courts, such as smoking, but found that the cat's presence offered no legal or factual basis for similar restrictions.