[Jewelry making - Article 00003] - [Orchid] Engagement rings and etiquette

[The Jewelry Lady]

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    I'm seeking feedback for a topic I am developing into a column: 

    I just read an article in our local paper about a PA Senator Joe
    Conti, R-Bucks and Montgomery counties, who is talking to the
    Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General about a consumer
    awareness campaign to educate soon-to-be-married couples of case law
    that requires the receiver of an engagement ring to return the ring
    should the engagement be broken. Conti became aware of this case
    during a recent battle between a couple on the outs over a $35,000
    ring. That couple did manage to resolve the tiff outside of court,
    but the outcome was headed in the same direction as a 1999 court case
    in which the state Supreme Court ruled that an engagement ring is a
    conditional gift. The condition being marriage. The person who gives
    the ring gets to keep the ring, so might the education campaign go,
    which might enlist the help of jewelry stores to voluntarily post
    notices or display pamphlets about the precedent-setting case. 

    What do you think about this issue...wondering your thoughts on such
    a campaign and the etiquette when it comes to engagement rings as you
    see it? 

    Thanks for your input. Please email to my direct address at
    daycopy AT blazenet.net, if convenient. 

Freelance writer Debbie Yonick


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