JunZeJun Law Office: New Law Express No.5, 2020
In the latest New Law Express No.5, 2020 released by JunZeJun Law Office, they discuss the influence of the Civil Code on the marriage and family life of Chinese citizens.
As an encyclopedia of our society and life, the Civil Code has various aspects of influence on the daily life of thousands of households. In the last New Law Express, we introduced some of the provisions on the Real Rights in the Civil Code, and this issue gives an interpretation of the part of Marriage and Family (hereafter abbreviated as ‘MF’) of the Civil Code. Consisting of the basic rules for regulating marriage and family relations, the MF arouses wide concern and discussion in the society. It adheres to the basic principles of freedom of marriage and monogamy, takes into account the needs of modern social life and the development of modern values, and modifies, improves and innovates the current marriage and family system in China, by inheriting the general content of the currently implemented Marriage Law and Adoption Law.
Key Contents
I. Introducing “divorce cooling-off period”
II. It has specified that spouses are eligible for legal representation in daily family matters
III. It has adjusted the criteria for determining the joint debts between husband and wife
Click here to read the full New Law Express No.5, 2020.
