丈夫赠与“第三者”财产纠纷的法律适用

Application of Law to a Dispute Over Property Given by Husband to Mistress

对于因丈夫赠与"第三者"财产,妻子要求返还而引发的纠纷,各地法院判决结果不一。究其原因,是法院适用的法律不同。目前我国民法体系中涉及这一纠纷解决的相关法律主要有《物权法》第106条、婚姻法上的日常家事代理制度和民法基本原则中的公序良俗原则。文章认为,上述三类法律的适用并非随意,而是有先后顺序的:婚姻法制度优先于物权法制度的适用,婚姻法制度的适用又受制于民法基本原则的适用,即应当优先适用民法公序良俗原则。此外,由于现行法律并无"不法原因给付不得请求返还"的规定,法院不得适用这一规则断案。

There is no unanimous judgment among the courts of different areas over cases where the wife petitions against the mistress for the return of property given by the husband.This is mainly because the laws applied are different.The legal regimes relating to the legal issue arising from this type of dispute in our civil law system are Article 106 of Property Law,family routines delegation regime in Marriage Lawand public order and good mores as one of the fundamental principles of civil law.The author holds that the above laws must be applied in order：property law gives way to marriage law;marriage law gives way to fundamental principles of civil law;in other words,fundamental principles of civil law take priority.As to the amount of property returned,courts may not apply the rule of＂no return of payment based on an illegal cause＂since there is no such a rule in existing law.