Milt Toby, JD

Milt Toby was an author and attorney who wrote about horses and legal issues affecting the equine industry for more than 40 years. Former Chair of the Kentucky Bar Association's Equine Law Section, Toby wrote 10 nonfiction books, including national award winners Dancer’s Image and Noor. You can read more about him at TheHorse.com/1122392.

Articles by: Milt Toby, JD

Keeping Financial Records: For The Record

The general—if sometimes reluctant—consensus is that financial records should be put in some sort of order. The real question is twofold: which records should be kept, and for how long?

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Massachusetts Euthanasia Case: Of Pleas and Precedents

A defendant?s admission of sufficient facts to warrant a finding of guilt on a criminal charge, such as one made by Elliot S. Saffran, a Massachusetts horse owner charged with animal cruelty, sounds a lot like a guilty plea. Unlike a guilty plea

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For the Record: Taxes and Recordkeeping

Tame that wild pile of unorganized paperwork throughout the year to optimize the horse and farm ownership experience.

Editor’s Note: This article provides general information only, and readers should consult with a

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Minnesota Equine Tooth Floaters Lose First Round

The Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine can continue to regulate the floating of horses’ teeth as the practice of veterinary medicine, according to the Fourth Judicial District Court for Hennepin County. In a 51-page decision rendered June 20

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Trusts (Book Excerpt)

Various kinds of trusts can be valuable estate planning tools, although trusts probably are not the cure-all for probate problems they sometimes are advertised to be.

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Maryland Veterinary Practice Act Under Fire

Mercedes Clemens is a licensed massage therapist who lives in Rockville, Md. Her patients included both humans and animals (primarily horses) until February, when she received a cease and desist order from the Maryland Board of Chiropractic

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Equine Dentists Challenge Texas Law

A showdown is looming in Texas between a group of equine dentists and the Texas State Board of Veterinary Examiners over who should be allowed to work on a horse’s teeth. The State Board fired the first shot in the exchange earlier this year by

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Private Sales of Horses

When the object of the contract is the sale of a horse, everything is open for negotiation–the identity of the horse, the purchase price, the terms of the sale, warranties, time and method of delivery, and the passing of the risk of loss.

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Horse Slaughter and the Commerce Clause

When United States District Judge Frederick Kapala extended a temporary restraining order allowing an Illinois horse slaughterhouse to continue operating through June 28, the decision was characterized by many people as a statement on the

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Teeth Floater Files Suit Against Veterinary Group

Jim Johnson has been floating horses’ teeth in Minnesota for some 20 years. His son, Christopher, would like to join the family business, but he cannot do so without violating state law. Enacted a year ago, Minnesota Statute ? 156.075 defines

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Senate to Vote on Florida Veterinary Practice Act

Two years after the Florida Board of Veterinary Practice formally interpreted the state’s Veterinary Practice Act to include a number of alternative therapies among practices limited to licensed veterinarians–to the dismay of many horse owners

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