On May 7, 2024, the Shanghai Hongkou District people's Court heard the case.Abugarciaambassadeur5501c3There was a case involving a dispute over child support and visitation rights of minors. Xiao Lu, a 12-year-old boy, never saw his father again because his parents divorced six months after he was born. On the eve of his 12th birthday, Xiao Lu filed a lawsuit through his legal representative, demanding that his father, Lu Ming, make up for the difference in child support and visit at least once a month.

In the course of the trial, the court issued a "Family Education order" to the parties to guide parents to correctly perform their duties of family education and guardianship. Xiao Lu's mother, Li Min, and her father, Lu Ming, had agreed to divorce, agreeing that Lu Ming would pay monthly alimony and the right to visit the child once a month. However, Lu Ming did not visit Xiao Lu as agreed, nor did he communicate with Li Min about Xiao Lu's upbringing and education.

When Xiao Lu was growing up, his father's absence became his regret. In the lawsuit, Xiao Lu expressed his desire for fatherly love. Lu Ming said in court that he was hurt by Xiao Lu's birth and divorce experience, was unwilling to recall, and even thought that the visitation right was a right that could be given up. The judge criticized and admonished this and ordered Lu Ming to perform his duties of family education and upbringing, visiting Xiao Lu at least once a month or keeping in touch with his children by other means.

After court mediation, the two sides reached an agreement that Lu Ming agreed to make an one-time payment of 60, 000 yuan for the difference in child support over the past 11 years, and to pay the child support payment again according to the standard of 3000 yuan per month until Xiao Lu reached the age of 18. At the same time, the two sides agreed that Lu Ming would visit Xiao Lu at least once in the second half of each month. The court also commissioned the Youth Society to work to visit supervisors, and in the follow-up, psychological counseling, visit supervision and effect evaluation will be carried out on both sides to help repair parent-child relations and protect the legitimate rights and interests of minors.

On May 4, Xiao Lu had the first parent-child interaction with her father with the assistance of young social workers. This case not only reflects the importance of the law on the protection of the rights and interests of minors, but also reflects the importance of family education and guardianship responsibility.