英文摘要 |
In recent years, Chinese courts have been constantly stormed by various issues on the classification of the appreciation of separate property during marriage. The Judicial Interpretation III on Marriage Law (Interpretation III) of 2011 borrowed the idea of active and passive appreciation from the U. S. marriage law in general (Art. 5), and developed a rule similar to In re Marriage of Moore, 28 Cal. 3d 366 (1980) in particular (Art. 10). This paper explores this classification issue from two perspectives; under the Interpretation III and under the Marriage Law. Under the Interpretation III, this paper develops a general rule similar to, but much broader than Art. 10 and applies it to solve many troublesome classification issues in practice. Under the Marriage Law, this paper sheds light on the grave deviation of all aforementioned rules in the Interpretation III from the current law and argues for an alternative solution, that the appreciation of separate property during marriage should be classified as marital. |