A court in China has ruled in favor of a 10-year-old boy who sued his father for withdrawing his savings worth approximately Rs3.2 million without consent, ordering the parent to return the full amount with interest, 24NewsHD TV reported on Friday.
The case emerged from Zhengzhou in China’s Henan province, where the child, identified as Xiaowei, had accumulated more than 80,000 yuan (over Rs3.2 million) over several years.
The money had been gifted to him by relatives during Lunar New Year celebrations, a longstanding cultural tradition in China in which elders present children with cash in red envelopes.
Following his parents’ divorce, Xiaowei had been living with his father for two years.
During that time, he deposited his festive gift money, totaling 82,750 yuan, into a bank account that had been opened in his name by his father.
However, after the father remarried, he reportedly transferred the boy to live with his mother.
It was later discovered that the father had withdrawn the entire sum from the child’s bank account without his permission and used it to finance expenses related to his second marriage.
When Xiaowei demanded the return of his savings, his father refused, prompting legal action.
The lawsuit was filed on the child’s behalf by his mother, and court proceedings subsequently began.
After reviewing the case, the court determined that the funds legally belonged to Xiaowei and that the father had violated his son’s property rights by withdrawing and spending the money without authorization.
In its verdict, the court ordered the father to repay the full amount of 82,750 yuan along with accrued interest, marking a significant affirmation of minors’ financial rights under Chinese law.