The official *** of the Jiangbei District People's Court of Chongqing Municipality released a message on February 20, telling the story of Cai and Wang, a once loving couple, who had differences over family issues such as children's education, and their feelings gradually cracked. In 2006, the two met at a friend's wedding and fell in love. The following year, they officially registered their marriage, and gave birth to their eldest son Cai Moujia and second son Cai Mouyi in 2012 and 2014 respectively. At first, the relationship between the couple was very harmonious and their life was happy. However, as time passed, the differences between the two parties on family issues such as children's education became more and more obvious, and the relationship between the husband and wife also cracked.
At the beginning of 2020, the two had a heated dispute over different education methods and concepts. After the dispute, Wang left the place where he lived with Cai with his two children, and has been living with Wang's parents ever since. In April and July of the same year, Wang and Cai sued for divorce respectively, but both were rejected by the court. After more than 400 days of separation, Cai sued for divorce again and demanded the division of the joint property of the husband and wife and the bank deposits in the names of the two children. The court held that the relationship between the husband and wife had broken down, so it supported Cai's divorce request. The joint property of the husband and wife was divided equally between the two people, but Cai's request to divide the savings in the names of the two children was not supported. The court held that these deposits were property gifts made by the elders to the younger ones on the basis of kinship, and should belong to the minors themselves. As the guardians of minors, Cai and Wang have no right to arbitrarily dispose of the ward's property.
After the verdict was pronounced, neither party appealed. This case tells us that the basic rights of minors should be fully and comprehensively protected by law. In divorce cases, neither spouse can claim the division of the legal property belonging to the minor as guardians, but can only be managed by the legal guardian, and the ownership of the property itself remains with the minor. Therefore, parents should be aware of the need to protect the rights of minors, including property rights, by example.