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    Mar 3, 2009, 11:22 AM
    Engagement Ring
    What law applies when one party lives in a state where the ring is a conditional gift and the other lives in a state where it is based on who calls it quits?
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    Mar 3, 2009, 11:35 AM

    What are the two States? You would have to look at case law.
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    Mar 3, 2009, 11:39 AM
    Kentucky and Indiana...
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    Mar 3, 2009, 02:10 PM

    I'm sure you know there are different decisions, varying opinions, pretty much all over the place. It appears that this would be a matter settled by a Judge following trial if it comes to that.

    In some States the promise to marry binds the contract; in other States the marriage has to actually take place.

    I would say the person who sues in whichever State will have a definite advantage in that State.

    The majority of the cases I find seem to lean toward the "promise of marriage, no marriage, return the ring" idea, fault aside.
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