Laurie Pawlitza discusses how the courts handle broken engagements in her latest column in the Financial 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.

To read Torkin Manes lawyer Laurie H. Pawlitza's latest column in the Financial Post, click here