A girl in Linyi, Shandong Province, was beaten and miscarried for child support.
On January 9, in a harrowing incident in Linyi City, Shandong Province, a mother named Ms. Zhu publicly complained that her 16-year-old daughter had been beaten by her ex-husband's relatives for asking for child support, which eventually led to a tragic miscarriage.
According to Ms. Zhu, she and her ex-husband, Mr. Chen, divorced in 2012, and since then, Mr. Chen has not fulfilled his due maintenance obligations and has not paid child support. Recently, her daughter Xiao Chen had a conflict with Ms. Zhu and ran away from home. In order to protect the rights and interests of his daughter, Xiao Chen and his friends found his father, Mr. Chen, in the second half of 2023, hoping that he would fulfill his responsibility to raise him.
On December 30, Xiao Chen and his friends went to Mr. Chen's house to ask for child support. According to the memories of Xiao Chen's friends, they prepared paper money that day, planned to pay homage to Xiao Chen's grandfather, and asked for the address of Mr. Chen's grandfather's grave. However, the altercation took place between the two parties, and a physical altercation broke out between Xiao Chen and his friend after burning paper money at Mr. Chen's house.
Afterwards, Xiao Chen showed symptoms of bleeding after returning home, and the hospital found that she had miscarried. Ms. Zhu was deeply saddened by this and expressed her dissatisfaction and indignation at her ex-husband's family. This incident has aroused widespread concern in the society, and the contradictions of the families involved have triggered people's deep thinking about family disputes and the fulfillment of maintenance responsibilities.
The family is the cell of society, and how to deal with conflicts within the family and protect the rights and interests of minor children is an issue that all sectors of society need to pay attention to and solve. This incident also reiterates the call for the society to understand the responsibility of raising children and strengthen the mediation and resolution mechanism for family disputes, so as to protect the legitimate rights and interests of family members, especially the growth and safety of minor children.