Massachusetts court rules on who keeps engagement ring

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.
Ex-fiancée must return $70K ring after failed engagement, court says
Massachusetts’s highest court reversed a longstanding ruling by saying an engagement ring must be returned to the buyer if the wedding falls through.
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.
MA Supreme Court orders $70K engagement ring must be returned after canceled wedding
However, Johnson still wanted his engagement ring back, so he submitted an appeal and won. In the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the judges considered that the state's fault-based approach may be outdated, bringing up the majority rule of the "modern no-fault approach."
Court: Man Who Broke Engagement Gets $70K Ring Back
A Massachusetts woman is out of luck, and a $70,000 ring from her broken engagement, after the state's high court ruled in her ex-fiance's favor. The Washington Post reports that on Friday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided Caroline Settino has to give back the piece of jewelry to Bruce Johnson,
Jilted brides must return engagement rings to their exes, judge rules
Jilted brides should return engagement rings to their exes even though it was not them who called off the wedding, a judge has ruled. A Massachusetts court ruled on Friday that an engagement ring must be returned to the person who purchased it,
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.
Judge's ruling finally settles question: Who gets the ring after a failed engagement?
In a decision released Friday, the court ruled that the engagement ring should be returned to the person who originally purchased it, bringing an end to a six-decade state rule that required judges to determine who was at fault for the breakup before deciding who could keep the ring.
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
Court rules on who gets to keep $70,000 engagement ring after relationship ended
The ruling puts a definitive end to a six-decade-old state rule that required judges to try to identify who was to blame for the end of the relationship.
Court orders woman to return engagement ring after break up
After a dispute over a $70,000 engagement ring following a canceled wedding, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled it belongs to the buyer, ending a decades-old rule that tied ownership to who was at fault for the breakup.
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