A dowry was given to the woman herself, or to both the man and the woman. Dowry is a gift from the woman's parents to the woman, if it is given before marriage, it belongs to the woman's personal property before marriage, if it is given after the marriage certificate, it belongs to the couple's common property. If, after obtaining the license, the parents give the dowry clearly indicating that it is a gift to the daughter, then it belongs to the woman's property, not common property.
1. The dowry is given to the woman herself
If it is purchased before obtaining the marriage certificate and the two parties have not agreed on the ownership of the property, it belongs to the pre-marital property of one party. However, in judicial practice, the dowry is generally regarded as the woman's pre-marital property, although the dowry is purchased after the marriage registration, before the marriage ceremony, but the husband and wife do not actually live together, do not have a common labor and income. Therefore, it is the personal property of one of the spouses.
2. Dowry is given to both men and women
If it is purchased by two people after obtaining the marriage certificate and the two parties have not agreed on the ownership of the dowry, according to the provisions of Article 17 of the Marriage Law, the property acquired during the survival of the husband and wife relationship, in addition to the legal and agreed to belong to the husband and wife, is the joint property of the husband and wife.