Legal Relationships and Restitution for Invalid Livestream Tipping: Spousal Disposition of Marital Community Property in a Platform-Based Transaction Structure

Bingcheng Li

doi:10.54691/5bm2r516

Authors

Bingcheng Li

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/5bm2r516

Keywords:

Livestream tipping; marital community property; legal relationship; restitution; livestream platform; public order and good morals.

Abstract

Livestream tipping involving marital community property is a layered platform transaction rather than a single legal relationship. This article reconstructs the relationships among users, streamers, platforms and intermediary agencies, and distinguishes internal matrimonial property effects from external transaction validity. It argues that invalidity should be established on a specific legal basis, while restitution should be allocated according to the actual benefits retained by each participant and the degree of that participant’s knowledge and participation. On this basis, the article proposes a layered restitution model that protects the property interests of the non-tipping spouse without automatically imposing primary restitution liability on the livestream platform.

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