California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 2 — Contracts, Title 1 — Nature of a Contract, Chapter 3 — Consent, Section 1590
Where either party to a contemplated marriage in this State makes a gift of money or property to the other on the basis or assumption that the marriage will take place, in the event that the donee refuses to enter into the marriage as contemplated or that it is given up by mutual consent, the donor may recover such gift or such part of its value as may, under all of the circumstances of the case, be found by a court or jury to be just.
Notes
Allows a donor who gave money or property to a contemplated spouse on the assumption that marriage would occur to recover the gift, or a portion of its value a court or jury finds just, if the donee refuses to marry or the contemplated marriage is abandoned by mutual consent.
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