Article: ENGAGEMENT RING SHOULDN'T RING TRUE.(Local)(Column)

Byline: Bill Johnson

Cubic zirconia. Two apparently oh, so nasty words when the subject is suitable engagement rings. But I ask you, would Jerod Heiman have the lawyer bill he does today if he'd been thinking synthetics three years ago?

Heiman is the 30-year-old commodities broker who made news late last week when the Kansas Supreme Court sided with him in his quest to get back the $9,000 gold and diamond engagement ring his former fiancee, Heather Parrish, 27, refused to return after he broke off their engagement two years ago.

The high court, in a 5-2 ruling, said an engagement ring becomes the property of the recipient only when the marriage ...

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