Wedding Ring Set For Man And Woman?
If it has monetary value, sure. I live in CA and the rings were listed
as assets on the paperwork. I kept mine, and she kept hers.
Actually, she has mine, but I listed it as mine for reasons that I
still don't know. It has no meaning to me, but I think it does for her
(so our daughter has told me), so I don't push the issue.
Other then that... the groom usually buys a engagement/wedding band in a
ring set, and gives the engagement ring as a promise to marry. If the woman
breaks the engagement off, usually she returns the engagement ring to the
man. If the man breaks off the engagement, usually the woman has the right
to keep the ring as though it were a 'gift.' When the couple marries, both
exchange rings, and a symbol of their promises to each other. If a divorce
occurs, typically each party keeps their own rings. On balance, the man's
wedding ring is usually far less expensive then the woman's ring(s) are...
but that doesn't mean that you are entitled to have it returned. I suggest
if you ever get married again, insist that you buy your rings together....
and be sure they are of equal value.
When it comes time to splitting the assets we accumulated while we were
married the ring I gave her could prove to be very significant in my favor.
I paid a hell of allot of money for that ring if I can use it in my favor
you bet your bottom dollar I'm going to do it.
Now, can it be counted as community property or am I just dreaming?
When we separated, the hardest thing I had to do was ask
my ex to return her ring to me -- which had been my mother's.
My parents were deceased. She said, "Of course," and then
quickly put it in my hand, as if glad to be relieved of its burden.
Usually, its the engagement ring which has great value, and
that's commonly a gift B4 marriage & separate property.
If there are two rings fairly close in value, I suspect that in
most cases, both parties just keep theirs and consider it even.
But if not, or if there's only one ring -- "to bind them all" --
there's probably a caselaw that says if they or it is community
property or not. [R]