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Book 4 · Family law  ›  Title 1 · Engagement › Section 1298

Duty of compensation in the case of withdrawal

(1) If an engaged person withdraws from the engagement, they are to reimburse the other engaged person and the parents of the other engaged person, as well as third parties who acted in place of the parents, for the damage arising from the fact that they incurred outlays or liabilities in expectation of the marriage. They are to compensate the other engaged person also for the damage suffered by the latter because, in expectation of the marriage, they took other measures affecting their assets or their earnings.

(2) The damage is to be compensated for only to the extent that the outlays, the entering into obligations and the other measures were reasonable in the circumstances.

(3) The duty to compensate does not arise if there is a compelling reason for the withdrawal.

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