When my ex-husband walked out of our marriage just days after the ceremony, he said he would reimburse me some of the costs of the wedding, which ran into thousands. He never did. Could I take some kind of legal action against him?
If you were going to court to sort out your marital finances you could ask for the amount you spent on the wedding to be taken into consideration in the final reckoning. Failing that you may have a claim against your ex-husband if, for example, you booked the reception in joint names, or if he had promised to share the cost of the wedding with you from the outset. In the latter case you could argue that, acting on the promise, you had budgeted accordingly. But I don’t think you have a case if he just said he’d chip in after the event.