Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland
early wedding gift
If a relative of one of an engaged couple gives the couple an ''early wedding gift'', and they later break up, can that relative sue or that party sue the other party for the value of the gift?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: early wedding gift
Typically if a gift is given to a "couple" then the gift is to both individuals. Read some of my earlier responses as to a gift in contemplation of marriage as this relates to a gift between the prospective spouses.
Depending on how the gift is given it may be the property of only one of the individuals where marital relations are not completed.
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Re: early wedding gift
The relative would not have a legal claim for return of the gift because it was just that--a gift. If the gift was truly given to both the prospective bride and groom, as presumably it was, the one who is keeping it might be liable to the other to share. Of course, well-mannered and honorable people would return wedding gifts if the wedding never takes place.
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