I know a couple who had a wedding planned, they (or rather the bride) had done all the arrangements, sent out invitations and all the normal wedding stuff. The bride was even doing the flowers herself and made a beautiful set to go on the tables for the big day.
One day the groom cancelled the wedding two weeks prior to the occasion leaving the people invited in limbo as well as obviousley devastating the bride. Seeing as their has been a lot of money gone into the wedding from one particular side, can the groom be sued for any reason for cancelling the wedding?
The bride can sue the groom for money, probably half the money (depending what they had planned as to who was paying) that was already put into the wedding…… Like for down payments, flowers, cake etc….. She may even be able to get some type of emotional damage maybe
that sux!
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I hope not. people should be allowed t ochange their minds ,rather than having to enter a union they don’t want to.
what would this accomplish? no judge could force someone to marry someone else.
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Yes, but they’re unlikely to win. I have heard of people doing this before. The guests certainly can’t sue. If the bride’s parents agreed to pay for the wedding, they may or may not be able to sue. At most, they’d get half back. Oftentimes vendors will take cancellations at the last minute without too much of a cost to the consumer, depending on the product. Probably, the hardest people to get money back from would be the venue.
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Probably not, but if he signed any of the contract with vendors (florist, caterer, DJ, etc) he is responsible for half or all of their payments, depending if the bride also signed. What a scumbag.
In the olden days there were laws against that. After the law against jilting the bride was repealed, engagement rings became popular. The theory was that the guy would go ahead and marry her since he invested so much in the ring.
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I believe the plaintiff would have to prove intent to defraud on the part of the defendant.
Just getting cold feet probably does not qualify. But if the groom-to-be never had any intention of marrying the girl and did it just to spite her, then there probably would be a case.
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The bride can sue the groom for money, probably half the money (depending what they had planned as to who was paying) that was already put into the wedding…… Like for down payments, flowers, cake etc….. She may even be able to get some type of emotional damage maybe
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He can be sued for breach of contract.
He agreed to the wedding, his potential bride relied on his agreement to her financial detriment and she is entitled to recover her money losses because of his breaching the contract.
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it sucks but there is no legal obligation to continue the wedding, granted yes alot of money has gone into the event but there are refunds available
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it is possible for her to sue and get half the costs back
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a relative of mine did this and he had to pay half of the costs