Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

If he broke off the engagement - the ring is yours.

The appellate courts in Florida haven't really decided the answer to that question. The most "well-reasoned" approach seems to be that an engagement ring is a premarital gift, therefore it remains yours. Attorney Becude suggests the old-fashioned belief that whomever breaks the engagment loses the ring. Florida used to follow that rule, but it appears that the rule has gone the way of the dinosaur. Either way, you keep the ring. Anyway, why would you give it back?