The bride price should be a "gift" containing good wishes, but in recent years, the high bride price in some areas, and even the "sky-high bride price", not only deviated from the original intention of the bride price, but also put a heavy economic burden on the paying family, laying a hidden danger for the stability of the marriage. In order to adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao experience" in the new era and promote the management of the source of litigation of marriage and family disputes, on the afternoon of July 23, all the cadres and police officers of the Xingzhen Court of Pucheng Court went deep into the party village of Xingzhen in the jurisdiction to carry out the theme of "Let marriage begin with love and let the bride price return to the 'ceremony'".
During the event, Zhang Peng, assistant judge of the Xingzhen Court, explained to the public the adverse impact of high bride price on the whole society, and interpreted in detail the marriage and family section of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China and the Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Disputes Involving Bride Price in Plain language. Wu Baichen, assistant to the judge, explained in simple terms the definition of the scope of the bride price and the rules for the return of the bride price, combined with the typical cases of the court in recent years related to property disputes involving marriage contracts, to publicize the law to the masses, and explained the differences in the application of law in disputes involving the bride price. "Is the three gold bride price?" "Is a transfer like 520 and 1314 considered a bride price?" "What is the standard for the return of the bride price?" "Can I get the bride price back?" …… In the interactive discussion session, the villagers raised their hands to ask questions and enthusiastically share their views, and the atmosphere of the event was warm. In response to the questions raised by the villagers, Xu Yan, president of the Xingzhen Court, and the police officers answered them in detail one by one, using the language of "understandable and rememberable" to let the villagers intuitively feel the harm of blind comparison and the pursuit of vanity, and guide the masses to establish a correct view of marriage and love, abandon stereotypes and bad habits with practical actions, cultivate family virtues, and create a healthy, thrifty and civilized new style of marriage. "Building civilized villages and promoting the change of customs is the common responsibility of the whole society, and it is also a sign of social civilization and progress," said Huo Jiong, the first secretary of Xingzhen Dangjia Village.
In this activity, the Pucheng Court's proposal was read out and distributed to the masses on the spot, guiding the masses to consciously resist unhealthy trends such as high bride prices, and further optimizing the governance of the source of litigation for marriage and family disputes. In the future, the Xingzhen Court of the Pucheng Court will give full play to the role of the people's courtroom as a frontline, take the opportunity of creating a "Fengqiao-style people's courtroom", strengthen joint construction and co-governance with village and community grassroots organizations, and contribute to the court's strength to promote the formation of civilized rural customs, good family customs, and simple folk customs.
Author: Zhang Peng
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