A paramour is a person who is a love or romantic interest of a married person who is engaging in adultery with the paramour. Spouses engaged in adulterous affairs with paramours sometimes give gifts to their paramours, and often spend marital or community property on such gifts. The non-cheating spouse may pursue a reimbursement claim and ask the court to order the spouse who spent marital assets on a paramour to reimburse the marital or community estate—by returning the gift if it retains its value (jewelry) or replacing the funds with the cheating spouse’s separate property funds.

In Connecticut, adultery can be considered when determining the division of assets in a divorce case. While Connecticut is a 'no-fault' divorce state, meaning that a spouse can file for divorce without the need to prove fault on the part of the other spouse, the court may take into account the circumstances of the marriage's breakdown when dividing marital property. If a spouse has spent marital assets on a paramour, the non-cheating spouse may raise this issue during the divorce proceedings. The court has the discretion to consider this wasteful dissipation of assets when equitably dividing the marital estate. The non-cheating spouse may seek reimbursement for the marital funds spent on gifts to a paramour, and the court may order the cheating spouse to return the gift or compensate the marital estate with separate property funds. However, the specifics of each case can vary, and the outcome will depend on the evidence presented and the court's assessment of the situation.