Legal Question in Family Law in Louisiana

I was engaged to be married....it did not work out....engagement is off and I would like to have the engagement ring returned to me....however the young lady says that she will not return the ring.....do I have a legal course of action that I can take to get ring back......thanks #madashell!!!!


Asked on 2/03/12, 8:19 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Adam Lambert The Law Office of Adam S. Lambert

An engagement ring has to be returned to the groom if the wedding is called off. If the ring was given on a birthday or Christmas, some cases have stated that it was a gift and not in contemplation of a marriage (thus, the woman can keep it because it was a gift to her), but even most of those cases go the other way. An engagement ring is not a gift, it is given in anticipation of marriage. Thus, it is pretty iron-clad that the ring has to go back to the would-be-groom if the wedding is called off.

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Answered on 2/03/12, 8:59 am


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