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‘Well done, kids’: 13-year-old twins in China win court case against father for return of US$2,500 ‘lucky money’ after parents divorced
- The brother and sister successfully sued their father in a Chinese court, demanding he return 16,800 yuan red-packet money given to them
- The man took the money from his children after he divorced their mother, who has full custody of them
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A court in China has ordered a father to return a red packet gift of 16,800 yuan (US$2,500) he took from his 13-year-old son and daughter that was given to them by their mother.
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The man, surnamed Zhou, from Xuzhou in Jiangsu province, eastern China, took the money from his children after he divorced their mother, surnamed Wu, who has full custody of the twins, Feidian Video reported.
The dispute started in January 2020, when Zhou took the money from the twins saying he was taking care of it as they were minors.
The twins had not wanted to give the money to their father and afterwards asked him to return it, but Zhou refused.
The twins, with approval from their mother, decided to file a lawsuit with a local court late last year demanding their money back from Zhou.
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Because their mother, as their legal guardian, supported their decision to file the lawsuit, the court accepted to proceed with the application.
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