You put an engagement ring on it, but now you want it back. Here's what the courts say

Special to the National Post
 

Family lawyers regularly deal with tricky issues relating to separation and divorce, marriage contracts and cohabitation agreements.

But when a couple fails to make it down the aisle, we can find ourselves giving advice on one of the most vexing questions of all: who gets to keep the engagement ring?

Unfortunately, the law is far from clear.

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