If I was invited to a wedding but got an argument with the couple so they disinvited us to the wedding, should they have to give us back the presents that we gave them?
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If I was invited to a wedding but got an argument with the couple so they disinvited us to the wedding, should they have to give us back the presents that we gave them?
Seems to me that it is false pretenses that we gave them presents when we were invited and now we are not. Therefore they should give us back the gifts. They did this to two of our friends too but they only gave the showe gifts thus far. Shouldn’t they have to give them back or give us the money?
Asked on December 3, 2016 under Business Law, South Carolina
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
No, they have NO obligation to reimburse you or return the gifts. What you gave were *gifts*: they do not impose or contain any legal obligations on the recipient to do anything. Whenever you give a gift to anyone, there is the chance you will have a falling out--that is life. But a gift is not a contract and the other person does not legally have to do anything for it. This was not like paying for tickets for a theatre or cruise, where if you pay, they have to let you attend, and you can only attend if you pay; rather, if invited you can go without giving any gift (or giving a gift which costs only fraction of what your "seats" at the wedding cost). You may feel like there was a quid pro quo, but legally, there was not.
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