Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Florida

Re: engagement rings

No one knows for sure, since Florida appellate courts haven't ruled on the issue. The old-fashioned rule was that whoever broke up lost the ring. Some judges still follow that rule, but not many.

The more modern rule, followed by most judges (because it's the law in divorce court), is that the ring is a gift from the man to the woman, so she gets to keep it.

If the ring is a family hierloom of the man's family, I think most judges would make the woman give it back, but that's just my opinion.