Is it legal for parents to take away their daughter’s bride price?

General courts hold that the bride price is a personal gift to the woman and cannot be returned. The bride price should be given to the woman and belongs to her. Therefore, it is illegal for parents to take away their daughter’s bride price without permission, and the person concerned can claim from the parents for the return of the bride price.

Relevant legal basis: "Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China (2)"

Article 10 stipulates that the parties request the return of If the betrothal gift is paid in accordance with customs, if it is found that it falls into the following circumstances, the People's Court shall support it: (1) Both parties have not completed the marriage registration formalities;

(1) Both parties have not completed the marriage registration formalities;< /p>

(2) The two parties have gone through the marriage registration procedures but have not lived together;

(3) The payment was made before marriage and caused difficulties in the life of the payer. The application of the provisions of items (2) and (3) of the preceding paragraph shall be conditional on the divorce of both parties.

In the absence of these two circumstances, the general court will determine that the bride price is a personal gift to the woman and shall not be returned. Moreover, the furniture, home appliances, cars, jewelry and other properties purchased by the woman with the bride price before registering the marriage should be regarded as the woman’s personal property and should not be divided as joint property. From this we can know that the bride price should be given to the woman and belongs to her.

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