2023-11-03 03:43:06
After hearing the case, the court held that the parents’ payment of medical expenses was a voluntary act and dismissed the lawsuit. (Schematic diagram/PIXABAY)
A pair of parents-in-law in Mainland China helped pay the medical bills following their son was diagnosed with a malignant tumor. After the son’s death, they believed that husband and wife had a legal obligation to support each other, so they took their daughter-in-law to court. In this regard, the court held that the parents’ payment of medical expenses was a voluntary act and dismissed the lawsuit.
According to the Chinese media “Jiupai News”, the Changle Court in Fuzhou accepted a case involving a dispute over medical expenses. The son of father-in-law Wang and mother-in-law Jiang was diagnosed with malignant tumors in 2021. Despite active treatment, he still died in 2022. Unfortunately, he passed away and spent a lot of medical expenses during this period.
After the death of their son, the father-in-law named Wang and the mother-in-law named Jiang took the daughter-in-law named Zhu to court. The father-in-law, surnamed Wang, and the mother-in-law, surnamed Jiang, complained that since their son fell ill, Zhu’s daughter had failed to fulfill her support obligations and had not borne relevant expenses. They believed that husband and wife had a legal obligation to support each other, and as Zhu’s wife, she should return the money she had paid on her behalf. A certain amount of medical expenses.
After hearing the case, the Changle Court held that although parents have no legal obligation to support their adult children who are capable of working, the actions of father-in-law Wang and mother-in-law Jiang to advance relevant expenses were, according to common sense, mainly to save their son’s life. They were voluntary acts and were classified as The family members were helping each other, so their claim was not supported and the lawsuit was dismissed.
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