A 25-year-old woman in Shanghai sued her parents to force them to either sell her grandmother’s flat or split the sale among three people – including herself – so that she could use the money to fulfil her dream of studying abroad.
The grandmother had received the apartment from the government when her old place was demolished a decade ago. The parents had registered the place under their names and that of her daughter, surnamed Tian.
They agreed to sell the apartment after the grandmother dies and split the sale accordingly. But Tian wanted to accelerate the sale to pay for the costly expenses of studying abroad, and she insisted on her parents paying her one-third of the apartment price immediately.
If the parents sold the apartment, the older woman would have nowhere to live.
Tian then sued her parents to force the sale of the property.
During the proceedings, Tian’s parents said they had previously paid their daughter’s expenses and debts of around 500,000 yuan (US$70,000), and they had helped her connect with schools abroad, but Tian had turned them down because they did not rank high enough for her liking.
一位25岁的上海女子向父母提起诉讼，迫使他们不得不出售她祖母的公寓，或者将出售款项分成三份，包括她自己在内，以便她能够利用这笔钱实现出国留学的梦想。
十年前，祖母在老房子被拆除时从政府获得了这套公寓。父母将这处房产登记在他们的名下和女儿（姓田）的名下。他们达成了一项协议，即在祖母去世后出售公寓，并相应地分割销售款项。但田希望加速出售以支付昂贵的出国留学费用，并坚持要求父母立即支付她公寓价格的三分之一。
如果父母卖掉公寓，年长的女性将无处居住。于是，田提起诉讼迫使父母出售这处房产。
在诉讼过程中，田的父母表示他们以前支付了女儿的费用和约50万元（7万美元）左右的债务，并且他们曾经帮助她联系国外学校，但田因为这些学校不符合她的喜好而拒绝了他们的帮助。
