Which party is at fault for a broken engagement should no longer govern how Massachusetts courts handle disputes over who gets to keep the ring, the state’s high court held Friday.
“Courts have identified the inherent difficulties in assigning responsibility for a prenuptial breakup,” Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt wrote. “Assigning blame to one who breaks an engagement is at odds with a principal purpose of the engagement period to allow a couple time to test the permanency of their wish to marry.”
The ruling overturns decades of precedent about engagement gifts. The new holding stems from a lawsuit Bruce ...
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