1, direct return: If the bride agrees to return the bride price after the breakup, the bride price can be returned directly to the man;

2. Refund through negotiation: If both men and women can directly negotiate to solve the problem of returning the bride price, they can reach an agreement through negotiation;

3. Take legal procedures: if negotiation fails, the man can directly take legal procedures to ask the woman to return the bride price. In this case, it must be in the absence of marriage registration, even if the two have lived together, the woman still needs to return the bride price to the man.

If you don't recognize it as a bride price:

1. Gifts given by the man or his near relatives to please each other;

2. Gifts given by men to express their feelings during the period of love between men and women;

3, both men and women or their close relatives in * * * paid by the man's consumption expenses;

4. Courtesy when the man and his close relatives and the woman and their close relatives give gifts;

5. The act of obtaining property or defrauding property through marriage.

To sum up, the customs and habits in different regions may be different, and the specific refund process needs to be combined with the local actual situation. It is suggested that both parties negotiate well before returning the bride price to avoid disputes caused by returning the bride price.

Legal basis:

Article 1042 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Arranging, buying and selling marriages and other acts that interfere with the freedom of marriage are prohibited. It is forbidden to ask for property through marriage. Bigamy is prohibited. Spouses are prohibited from living together with others. Domestic violence is prohibited. Abuse and abandonment between family members are prohibited.