Jimu News reported that the incident occurred in early January 2025. Accordingly, the couple's two children often received lucky money of thousands of yuan during the holidays. This money was kept by the wife, Tieu Hong, for many years.

By the end of 2024, the total amount of lucky money given to the two children had reached more than 50,000 yuan (more than 174 million VND).

In early 2025, due to emotional conflicts, the couple suddenly filed a petition with Tay Binh court, requesting to determine child custody and divide the lucky money of their two daughters.

Tieu Cuong agreed to divorce on the condition that he would raise the two daughters and that the lucky money was the children's property and could not be considered the couple's joint property for division.

After the trial, the court determined that the relationship between the couple had really broken down and agreed to Tieu Hong's request for divorce. However, the request to divide the lucky money of the two daughters was not accepted. This money was a gift from an adult to a child. Tieu Hong and Tieu Cuong are guardians and do not have the right to arbitrarily handle the children's assets.

As a result, the court allowed the couple to divorce. Tieu Cuong will raise the two children. Tieu Hong will contribute to the child support expenses periodically and the lucky money of more than 50,000 VND for the two children will be kept by Tieu Cuong.

What to do to keep children from being hurt after their parents divorce

Talk to your children about divorce

Children should understand that the separation between parents is the parents' decision alone, and it does not affect the parents' love for them.

We should clearly talk to children about separation, especially children over 6 years old because at this age children can begin to remember the time their parents lived together and understand separation.

This should be discussed at least 2 weeks before separation and both parents should sit down and talk to the child.

Go public when you are mentally prepared.

It will take a process of consideration and thinking before deciding to proceed with divorce.

However, take some time to consider what you should and shouldn't do after this happens.

Think ahead to all the situations you will face and prepare everything, including what to say to your child.

Prioritize mental health care, the psychological trauma you and your children may suffer during this difficult time.

Do not change your marital status on social media accounts until there is a final court ruling to avoid conflicting opinions that unintentionally make matters noisy and complicated.

Don't speak ill of others in front of your children.

This is a taboo, an important rule in divorce culture for couples after a breakup.

When you can no longer reconcile or live together, who is right or wrong is no longer important, let's treat each other with the minimum courtesy.

Many people tend to blame or reproach the other person in front of their children, such as "your father is terrible, he drinks and has affairs, he doesn't deserve to be a father", or "your mother is the ugliest and most evil woman I've ever met"...

Those words will be engraved in your mind, making you feel like you can no longer trust the person you once loved so much.

Keep a good image in your child's eyes

Even if a divorce happens, children should be treated well in all circumstances. Reduce your ego to find a common voice in raising children.

Helping each other maintain a good image in the eyes of children is very important.

Let's agree that even if your marriage is not successful, your love and care for your children will never change.

When children do not live with their mothers

For children over 6 years old, when they have to live far away from you, you should show them how to secretly contact you when they have an urgent matter such as being hurt or in danger, such as asking the neighbor to call mom...

Don't let your child fall into a bad situation before it's too late.

Children in the first year after their parents' divorce are often quiet, cry a lot and have difficulty sharing. Therefore, children rarely share what they are going through when they meet you for a few short hours.

You should know how to observe the signs to recognize whether your child is being abused or mistreated such as:

- Children often hug you and cry, rarely look at your face when talking.

- Bruises on parts of the child's body.

- The child shows that he wants to come back to you, such as crying or wanting to spend more time with you. This may mean that the child is having some anxiety. You should stay calm, show your concern and open up by asking questions about the child's daily activities to gradually understand the problem, rather than asking directly: who did it or showing anger, this will make the child scared and may hide.

- Regardless of the cause of the separation, children still need a happy and peaceful life for themselves, so parents should not criticize each other.

- Children should not be prevented from seeing their mother or father because they need love from both.

- If separation occurs before the age of 4 or after the age of 12, the child is less psychologically affected.