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 Nevada, which is a community property state, both spouses have an equal interest in property acquired during the marriage. When one spouse uses marital assets to buy gifts for a paramour, the non-cheating spouse may have the right to seek reimbursement. Nevada law allows for the division of community property in a way that is just and equitable during a divorce. If the court finds that one spouse has wasted or dissipated marital assets on an affair, it may order that spouse to reimburse the marital estate. This can be done by returning the item if it is still valuable, such as jewelry, or by compensating the marital estate with an equivalent amount of the cheating spouse's separate property. It's important to note that while adultery can impact the division of assets, Nevada is a no-fault divorce state, meaning that the mere act of adultery does not typically affect the grounds for divorce itself.