ב הַנּוֹתֵן מַתָּנָה לְאִשְׁתּוֹ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא מְגָרְשָׁהּ מִדַּעְתּוֹ, זָכְתָה בְּמַתְּנָתָהּ. הַגָּה: נִרְאֶה לִי כָּאן טָעוּת, אֶלָּא כָּךְ רָאוּי לִהְיוֹת: אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמְּגָרְשָׁהּ שֶׁלֹּא מִדַּעְתָּהּ, כְּגוֹן שֶׁסָּרְחָה עָלָיו, אֲפִלּוּ הָכִי מַתְּנָתוֹ שֶׁלָּהּ. וְהוּא הַדִּין לְאַלְמָנָה שֶׁנּוֹטֶלֶת מַתָּנָה, כָּל שֶׁאֵינָן דְּבָרִים שֶׁהֵם מַלְבּוּשִׁים אוֹ תַּכְשִׁיטִים הָעֲשׂוּיִין לְהִתְנָאוֹת בָּהֶם. וְדַוְקָא שֶׁעֲשָׂאָן לָהּ הַבַּעַל, אֲבָל אֲחֵרִים שֶׁנָּתְנוּ לָהּ תַּכְשִׁיטִים בִּשְׁעַת נִשּׂוּאִין, לְמַתָּנָה גְּמוּרָה נִתְכַּוְּנוּ הֲרֵי הֵם כְּנִכְסֵי מְלוֹג שֶׁלָּהּ (בֵּית יוֹסֵף בְּשֵׁם הָרִיבָ"שׁ סִימָן ש"א):
2 If one gives his wife a gift, even though he divorces her of his own volition, she is credited her gift. Rema: It seems that there is a mistake here, and it should properly be: even though he divorces her against her will, for example, if she was unfaithful to him, his gift nevertheless belongs to her. Similarly, a widow claims her gift as long is it is not clothing or jewelry that she uses to beautify herself. This is specifically if the husband made them [a gift] to her, but if others gave her jewelry at the time of the marriage, they intended it as a full-fledged gift, and they are considered like her milog assets (Beit Yosef citing Rivash no. 301).