The money goes to the parents. According to the traditional custom, the bride price is owned by the parents. However, with the change of times, most parents will return the bride price to their children as a deposit for the new family. At present, there is no clear law in our country to determine who the bride gift should belong to.
1. Traditional customs
Since ancient times in China, the conclusion of marriage, there is a custom that the man in the marriage agreement reached the initial dowry, dowry gift to the woman, this kind of dowry, dowry gift commonly known as "bride price". Therefore, the question of who to give the bride gift money, on the definition of the bride gift, is to the woman's parents, after all, the old children's marriage is decided by the parents, and the bride gift money is also returned to the parents.
2. Actual life
With the change of times, the present betrothal gift money has undergone some changes. Usually, after the man gives the betrothal gift money to the woman's parents, most of the parents will return the money to their daughters, asking them to use the money as a deposit for the new family, or to buy furniture, home appliances, clothes and so on.
3. Legal provisions
In the applicable "Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China", there is no clear definition of the ownership of bride price, that is to say, in the legal provisions, it is not clear whether the bride price should belong to the children or the parents.
Therefore, as far as the above content is concerned, the bride gift money should belong to the woman's parents, but now most parents have returned to their children as free property.