Even tigers, wolves, and beasts know how to be grateful, but there are really people in the world who are worse than even tigers and wolves. Aunt Liu's two stepsons in "Family Court" are even worse than animals.
The dispute between Aunt Liu and her stepson is the most heart-wrenching and chilling case in "Family Court". During the broadcast of this case, most viewers came to an almost surprisingly unanimous conclusion: Don’t raise other people’s children.
Aunt Liu's two stepsons, they hurt not only Aunt Liu who had endured all kinds of hardships, but they also single-handedly destroyed the ethical law of "nurturing kindness is greater than generating kindness".
Aunt Liu and Mr. Tao have been married for more than thirty years. They are a loving couple. Mr. Tao has two sons with his ex-wife. After Aunt Liu married into the Tao family, she treated her two stepsons as her own children and took good care of their diet, daily life, schooling and growth. However, she never gave birth to biological children and devoted all her love and youth to this family.
For more than 30 years, Aunt Liu has lived harmoniously with her stepsons. The two stepsons have called her "Mom" since they were young. When they grew up, they often took their children home to visit them, and they enjoyed themselves harmoniously.
Aunt Liu always thought she had a happy family, and her sincerity was rewarded.
However, this warmth was completely broken after Mr. Tao died of a sudden illness: the two stepsons suddenly changed their attitude towards Aunt Liu and stopped contacting her. Aunt Liu came to visit but was turned away, and she was not even allowed to attend Mr. Tao's funeral.
Under the persuasion of her neighbors, Aunt Liu found lawyer Qin Rui, hoping to find out the cause through legal channels and fight for her legal rights (including inheritance, the right to dispose of her husband's ashes, etc.).
At this time, Aunt Liu still had some illusions in her heart, hoping that her stepsons were just temporarily confused and did not really want to sever ties with her.
Aunt Liu was ultimately disappointed, and so were the audience.
On the day of the family mediation, the two stepsons arrived late and were indifferent, dismissive, and even ferocious throughout the process. They did not take Aunt Liu seriously at all. They accused Aunt Liu of "hiding a small treasury and family heirlooms" and demanded that she hand over all her property immediately, otherwise they would never reconcile with her.
Aunt Liu collapsed on the spot. She had never managed the family's finances. Mr. Tao had always been in charge of money during his lifetime. She was only responsible for taking care of the family and had no idea what the so-called "small treasury" and "family heirlooms" were.
When the plot developed to this point, some viewers even suspected that Mr. Tao didn't love Aunt Liu at all. He just found a long-term free nanny.
As for the two stepsons, they called Aunt Liu "Mom" when they saw Aunt Liu, and some viewers thought they were acting.
Next, the two stepsons went even further. They threatened Mr. Tao's "ashes" to force Aunt Liu to withdraw the lawsuit and hand over the so-called "family heirloom". Otherwise, she would not be allowed to take away her husband's ashes, and they would even dispose of the ashes at will.
After an in-depth investigation by lawyer Qin Rui and judge Shen Xiezhi, they found that the so-called "small treasury" was Mr. Tao's personal savings during his lifetime. The amount was not large, and Mr. Tao did not leave a will before his death. According to the law, Aunt Liu, as his spouse, enjoyed legal inheritance rights.
As for the so-called "heirlooms", they are not valuables, but the deciduous teeth that Aunt Liu personally collected from her two stepsons when they were young.
Aunt Liu's love is something that even a biological mother may not be able to achieve.
After Aunt Liu saw the true face of her two stepsons, she no longer had any illusions. She made it clear that she would give up all inheritance rights and only asked to take away her husband's ashes. From then on, she would sever all relations with the two stepsons.
Witnessed by Shen Xiezhi and Qin Rui, Aunt Liu reached an agreement with her two stepsons, then got into the car and left with her husband's urn in her arms.
After the two stepsons got the so-called "family heirloom", they opened it and discovered that it was a small bag containing baby teeth. However, they still didn't feel any guilt at all and just turned around and left indifferently.
I really don’t know if the two stepsons can sleep at night after dividing the inheritance, if they will have nightmares, and how they will settle their consciences when they return to the house where Aunt Liu has lived for more than thirty years.
The dispute between Aunt Liu and her two stepsons is heartbreaking, and similar cases in reality also chill the audience.
Ms. Wang from Henan married Mr. Zhang, a widower, at the age of 22. Mr. Zhang raised two young sons. Aunt Wang is childless, but she has raised her two stepsons, married a wife and had children, and the family has been harmonious for nearly 30 years.
After Mr. Zhang died of a sudden myocardial infarction, his two stepsons immediately changed their attitude: they did not allow Aunt Wang to attend the funeral, nor allowed them to see their father's ashes. They locked and changed the door of the house and kicked Aunt Wang out of the home where they had lived for 28 years.
The stepson claimed that the house was his father's pre-marital property and that Aunt Wang had "no share" and was just a "free nanny". He asked Aunt Wang to hand over the family's bankbook, jewelry, and old belongings.
Aunt Wang sued angrily, demanding confirmation of the husband and wife's share of the joint property, division of the property and deposits, return of her husband's ashes, exercise of the right to mourn, and payment of alimony by the stepson (due to the formation of a custody relationship).
After an in-depth investigation, the court finally ruled: After the marriage, Aunt Wang and her husband jointly repaid the loan and renovated the house. It was a common property of the couple, and Aunt Wang shared 50% of it. Aunt Wang had raised her stepson for a long time, and the stepson should bear the obligation to support him. The ashes were jointly owned by close relatives, and Aunt Wang, as his spouse, had the right to participate in the burial. The house belonged to his stepson, and he should compensate Aunt Wang 280,000 yuan in one lump sum.
The case of the dispute between Aunt Liu and her stepson profoundly reveals the practical dilemma of "being a stepmother" in remarried families, as well as the fragility of non-blood relatives in the face of interests.
This case allows the audience to see that although some injuries do not violate the law, they are more harmful than breaking the law.
True family affection is never determined by blood, but is obtained by sincerity and dedication. When your sincerity is betrayed, you can best protect yourself by stopping the loss in time and letting go of the past.
Although Aunt Liu's two stepsons received the inheritance, they forever lost their stepmother who treated them sincerely and their family relationship for more than thirty years. Their selfishness and greed would only make them live in guilt and emptiness in the end.
After Aunt Liu gave up all her property and took away her husband's urn, she also took away half of the roots of her two stepsons. Aunt Liu's punishment to the two of them was more severe than the two stepsons being talked about as "social deaths", and it made them even more embarrassed (if they still wanted to be shameless).
