Massachusetts court rules on who keeps engagement ring

Massachusetts Court Rules Woman Must Return $70,000 Tiffany Ring After Broken Engagement
The ruling marks a departure from a decades-old state rule requiring courts to assess who was responsible for a breakup.
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.
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
Court Orders Return of $70,000 Engagement Ring in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a would-be bride must return a $70,000 engagement ring to her ex-fiancé. This decision resolves a 65-year legal challenge regarding fault in broken engagements.
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.
MA Supreme Court orders $70K engagement ring must be returned after canceled wedding
When a wedding is called off, what do you do with the ring? In the case of former Mass. couple Bruce Johnson and Caroline Settino, the answer was decided by the state's highest court, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC).
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.
Revising the rules of engagement, court says jilted bride must give back $70,000 ring
That’s what the highest court in Massachusetts was asked to decide with a $70,000 ring at the center of the dispute. The court ultimately ruled Friday that an engagement ring must be returned to the person who purchased it,
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Woman must return $70,000 engagement ring to former fiance, Massachusetts' highest court rules
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Massachusetts court rules engagement ring must be returned to buyer if wedding’s called off
An appeals court found Johnson should get the ring. In September, the case landed before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which ultimately ruled that Johnson should keep the ring.