From April 22 to 26, 2024, the Sandu County People's Court relied on the advantages of the people's courtroom to be close to the grassroots people, and used township market days and villages to carry out the rule of law publicity activity of "advocating changing customs and resisting high-priced bride prices" on April 22 and 26, 2024.
"If I don't get a certificate and the bride runs away, can I still get the bride price back?"
"Judge, my wife and I held a wedding according to local customs a few years ago, and paid a bride price to her family, but she ran away not long after living with me, and we have not yet received a marriage certificate, I feel unwilling, can I still get my bride price back?"
"Whether you can get your bride price back or not depends on many factors such as how long you have lived together, how much the bride price is, and what the bride price is for. It is recommended that you collect relevant evidence and submit it to us, and the court will give you a reasonable and legal reply according to the facts of the case and in accordance with laws and regulations.
At the market in Dujiang Town, court officers and police took advantage of the market day in the jurisdiction to distribute brochures on typical cases of bride price disputes, proposals for boycotting high-priced bride prices and other publicity materials to the masses, and answered public inquiries on the spot, guiding the people in the jurisdiction to break bad habits, resist high-priced bride prices, promote family virtues, and establish a new and healthy atmosphere.
"If you get divorced, how much can you get back?"
"Now the bride price is so high, and it will be more than 100,000 yuan, and the average family can't afford to get married" "Can the bride price be refunded if I get divorced?......" In Dongshan Village, Zhonghe Town, the people of the Shui tribe surrounded the court officers and policemen and raised questions.
"Two people are together mainly because of a good relationship, the bride price is just a courtesy, and the relationship between the two people cannot be affected because of the high price of the bride price" "The length of time both parties live together is an important consideration in determining whether the bride price is returned and the proportion of the return" "If the two parties have not gone through the marriage registration procedures, but the two parties will inevitably incur daily consumption and related expenses for childbirth and raising children during their living together, it is necessary to consider whether to return the bride price and how much the bride price should be returned according to the actual use of the bride price and the dowry...... In order to enhance the sense of access to justice among the people of the water tribe, the court officers and police used the boring legal provisions in words and water to popularize the legal knowledge involving high-priced bride price to the local people in a homely way. At the same time, combined with typical cases of marriage bride price, the case is used to guide the masses to establish a correct view of bride price, consciously resist the bad habit of "sky-high bride price", and create a civilized village style.
"My in-laws propose a high-priced bride price, but I can't take it out, what should I do?"
"My son and prospective daughter-in-law got engaged a few years ago, and plan to handle the wedding wine on this year's National Day, but the woman's family proposed a bride price of 200,000 yuan, which is really heavy for the average family.
"Auntie, don't worry, you can tell your in-laws that the purpose of the child's marriage is to form a happy family, according to our local customs, the bride price is also to be taken, but it must be appropriate, it must be determined according to the actual situation of the family, and it cannot form a style of comparison, affecting the feelings between each other."
In Dahe Town, court officers and police officers distributed pamphlets on law popularization to the masses and answered their legal questions at the same time. The audience said: "This propaganda is too timely, it is too useful for our families who are ready to marry daughters and daughters-in-law, the brochure has easy-to-understand case pictures and texts, as well as legal knowledge, we will take it back to the villagers to publicize and publicize, so that everyone can 'brainwash', don't blindly pursue the bride price, and mess up the marriage."
"The peach is dying, scorching its bloom. The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in his room. Having a happy marriage is the common dream of all unmarried young people, and it is also the common wish of parents all over the world. We will actively practice the concept of active justice, take measures such as popularizing the law in villages, improving village rules and agreements, and roving trials, actively participate in grassroots social governance, and use 'etiquette + law' to promote the core values of socialism, so that marriage begins with love and the bride price returns to ceremony. Wei Huichang, vice president of the Sandu County Court, said. ”
(Source: Sandu Court)