Q: I got engaged to a girl and bought her a $1000 ring she pawned it so how do I get my money or ring

A: You can hold your former fiancee liable for the ring if you still retained legal possession to it. In other words, the answer is based on whether you had the intent to gift the ring to her before the completion of the wedding ceremony. If not, she had no right to transfer it to a pawn shop and you can hold her liable. If you intended to give her the ring at the moment of transfer, and it was accepted, you have no recourse. Because intent is typically presumed at transfer, you might have to fight an uphill battle to hold your former-fiancee liable. However, this is a unique situation: The ring serves no purpose until marriage. So, questions include would you typically transfer before completion of marriage? If not, does the early transfer indicate an intent to gift? Or, does it show the opposite. Did you instead want her to have it early in order to have it sized in preparation of marriage? This could really be interpreted both ways.

A: You can hold your former fiancee liable for the ring if you still retained legal possession to it. In other words, the answer is based on whether you had the intent to gift the ring to her before the completion of the wedding ceremony. If not, she had no right to transfer it to a pawn shop and you can hold her liable. If you intended to give her the ring at the moment of transfer, and it was accepted, you have no recourse. Because intent is typically presumed at transfer, you might have to fight an uphill battle to hold your former-fiancee liable. However, this is a unique situation: The ring serves no purpose until marriage. So, questions include would you typically transfer before completion of marriage? If not, does the early transfer indicate an intent to gift? Or, does it show the opposite. Did you instead want her to have it early in order to have it sized in preparation of marriage? This could really be interpreted both ways.