CHINA: New law is intended to encourage marriage and family stability in the face of declining marriage rates and birth rates.

/ Mike Buchanan

Good news from China. The authorities have clearly drawn inspiration from the final J4MB general election manifesto, published in 2022. Extracts from the X post about the new Chinese law:

“Property Division Changes: Ownership based on payment: The new law dictates that whoever paid for a property generally retains ownership, even if the other spouse’s name was added to the title after marriage.

Gifts to the husband: Property gifted to the husband by his parents will not be considered shared matrimonial property and will remain his property after divorce…

Child custody: Both parents retain custody of their children after divorce, unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Spousal maintenance: There is generally no spousal maintenance awarded in China after divorce, unless agreed upon by the parties.”

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  1. Property Division Changes: Ownership based on payment: The new law dictates that whoever paid for a property generally retains ownership, even if the other spouse’s name was added to the title after marriage.

    sorry don’t agree with this, its weak and doesn’t take account of marital abuse that denies the other partner to work and thus contribute , or uses partner’s finances to pay for property indirectly( eg hide the source of the payment)

    this has happened to me, and I had no legal recourse or support from various police forces( 4 countries).

    the basic premise is ok, but it should be about contribution to the marriage( unless the property was before the marriage and had not had any additional contribution to it from other partner)

    the other three are fine.

    one of my friends/former colleagues is from Chengdu, and her divorce didn’t suffer any issues as would have required the above new laws. But I guess she and her former husband decided to put their child first despite the circumstances( religion may have had a hand in it as well)

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