Hello, according to the Marriage Law, if a party requests to return the betrothal gifts paid according to custom, the people's court should support it if it is found that:
 （1） Both parties have not gone through marriage registration procedures;
 （2） Both parties have gone through the marriage registration procedures but do not live together;
 （3） Giving money before marriage and causing difficulties for the payer. The application of the provisions of sub paragraphs (2) and (3) of the preceding paragraph shall be conditional on the divorce of both parties.
 As for the return of "betrothal gifts", it is usually necessary to make case analysis and combine specific situations, such as the length of cohabitation of both men and women, whether they have gone through marriage registration, the length of marriage of both men and women, whether they have children, the economic situation of both men and women, especially the original "betrothal gifts" after marriage Whether it is converted into the common property of the husband and wife, or whether the original "betrothal gifts" have been consumed in the lives of men and women, local economic conditions, local customs, etc., shall be determined and returned in whole or in part as appropriate.