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Recently, the Hunan Provincial Higher People's Court live broadcasted a concentrated enforcement case on the withdrawal of betrothal gifts, which attracted the attention of netizens. In one of the cases, a Shanghai man met a woman from Ningxiang three times and had a flash marriage. After the marriage, they did not live together. The court ordered the woman to return the bride price of more than 250,000 yuan. If the woman did not comply, she was detained for 15 days. Relevant court staff expressed the hope that the live broadcast will be used to popularize the law on betrothal gifts, promote a healthy, frugal and civilized wedding style, and curb the occurrence of high-priced betrothal gifts.
A man and a woman got married and divorced in a flash marriage. The woman refused to return the bride price and was detained by the judiciary.
On May 8, the Hunan Provincial Higher People's Court conducted a live broadcast of centralized execution of cases of withdrawal of lottery gifts. A total of 5 cases of withdrawal of lottery gifts were executed that day. In one case, a woman refused to return more than 200,000 yuan in lottery gifts and was detained by the judiciary, which triggered heated discussions among netizens.
Mr. Che, the man involved in the case, told a Beijing Youth Daily reporter that he and the woman only met three times before they received their marriage certificate. Mr. Che is from Shanghai. In July 2021, Mr. Che met Ms. Wang while traveling in Changsha. After that, the two became friends online and often played games together. In March and April 2023, Mr. Che and Ms. Wang met twice, and they registered and received their certificates in May. Before registration, in accordance with Ms. Wang's request, he gave her a gift of 188,000 yuan, and also bought a gold necklace, bracelet, diamond ring and a Louis Vuitton bag worth 26,000 yuan. Mr. Che said that Ms. Wang seemed very nice and innocent at the time, and Mr. Che liked her very much. After the marriage, the two only met twice and never lived together because the woman asked the man to renovate the house in Shanghai before coming to Shanghai to live. After the decoration was completed, the woman expressed her unwillingness to come to Shanghai, and the two had a dispute. After that, the woman filed for divorce. In August 2024, Mr. Che filed for divorce.
Mr. Che said that before the marriage, the woman often borrowed and asked for money from him. At first, it was for small amounts such as buying game skins, and later she borrowed money of two thousand or four thousand. When borrowing money, the woman promised to repay the money, and after repaying it twice, she gained Mr. Che's trust. After marriage, the woman often asks for money to buy things, and even the woman's family members will ask him for money, charging fees, shopping, etc. And it was only after the marriage that Mr. Che learned that the woman had a two or three-year-old child.
Mr. Che introduced that the court ruled that the two parties were divorced in November 2023 and required the woman to return the bride price of more than 250,000 yuan. The woman never paid back the money, because he still loved her, so he proposed to remarry and the bride price was not pursued. The woman agreed, and the two negotiated for the woman to go to Shanghai before the Lantern Festival this year. But when it came to the Lantern Festival, the woman broke her promise again. During this period, Mr. Che transferred more than 100,000 yuan to the woman for the purpose of remarriage.
