Well, there's your first clue.
"dumped Callahan after finding evidence on his computer that he had been trolling for women on the Internet and after learning he was married"
lol internet.
Hmmmm... That certainly didn't stop my now ex-wife from running off with another man and agreeing to marry him while she was married to me.
Didn't I read once of a woman forcing the return of a ring given by her husband to another woman, on the theory that he had given commonly held property away to another, without the wife's permission? Maybe the wife could sue to force the return of the ring.
Never get between a woman and your money.
If the answer to either question is "no",then I can't see him having done anything so wrong as to entitle her to $40K.
Yah,cruising the web for babes is a good reason for her to dump him.And not having told her of his marriage also gives her good reason to be ticked off.
But not to the tune of $40K.
From an old Joan Rivers stand-up routine:
"If you break an engagement and don't want to give the ring back, swallow it. No man will look through sh!* for a diamond."
(Pause for the REAL punchline....)
"Barbara Bush told me that, and she's absolutely right."
Good for her.
Since he was married, the ring was not an "engagement ring", but a gift.
Legally, you can keep gifts.
I am unsure of the legal status for engagement rings...traditionally if you break an engagement you send it back. If he breaks it, you can keep it...
Since essentially he "broke" the engagement because he had no intention of marrying her, she should keep the ring.
Serves the SOB right.
$40,000. for a 3.4 caret diamond? Wow, am I out of the loop!