Court rules on alleged cheater who kept $70,000 engagement ring in case that challenged state law
Massachusetts has overruled a six-decade ruling that engagement rings are returned to the offended party in a former coupling after one couple took their dispute to a judge.
Revising the rules of engagement, court says jilted bride must give back $70,000 ring
Who gets to keep an engagement ring if a wedding is called off? That’s what the highest court in Massachusetts was asked to decide with a $70,000 ring at the center of the dispute.
Massachusetts Would-Be Bride Must Return $70,000 Ring, Court Rules
Massachusetts' top court on Friday ruled that a would-be bride must return a $70,000 engagement ring from Tiffany & Co to her former fiancé in a decision that ended 65 years of courts in the New England state trying to sort through who is to blame when a relationship falls apart.
$70,000 engagement ring must be returned after canceled wedding, Massachusetts high court rules
Who gets to keep an engagement ring if a romance turns sour and the wedding is called off? That’s what the highest court in Massachusetts was asked to decide with a $70,000 ring at the center of the dispute.
Woman must return $70,000 engagement ring to former fiance, Massachusetts' highest court rules
A woman must return a $70,000 engagement ring to her former fiance after a ruling Friday from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Massachusetts highest court nixes legal rule on which ex gets the engagement ring
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has overturned a 65-year-old rule that required judges to identify and give engagement rings to the wronged party in a break-up. “More than six decades ago, we recognized that an antenuptial ring generally is understood to be a conditional gift and determined that the donor may recover the ring
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