Abstract:When parents provide funding to purchase real estate for their married children, the current judicial rules in China have multiple criteria and logical inconsistency in determining the property ownership and its division upon divorce. Based on the two major characteristics of marriage, i.e., shared marital interests and gradual integration, this study proposes that the marital property regime should treat property gifts from parents as personal property, which should be divided upon divorce with a progressive proportion to his or her spouse. Such regulations can not only protect parental property from damage upon married child’s divorce, but also promote the long-term stability of marriage, and protect shared marital interests.
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