Huoshan County Court cleverly used the \”child-mother door\” to resolve disputes due to neighbor disputes over the \”opening direction\”

As the saying goes: \”If you don\’t have wood, you can\’t afford a house; if you don\’t have neighbors, you won\’t have a good life.\” This shows that harmonious neighborly relations are very precious. Recently, the Huoshan County Court heard a case involving neighbor relationship disputes caused by a \”gate\”.

In this case, the plaintiff Yu and the defendant Chen were neighbors on the same floor. The defendant Chen changed the entrance door of his house from \”inward opening\” to \”outside opening\”, causing Yu to enter and exit. The door to the house was inconvenient, and the two parties negotiated many times but failed. In desperation, Yu had to go to court to ask Chen to restore the direction of opening the door.

After the trial, the collegial bench judge went to the plaintiff’s and defendant’s homes to conduct an on-site inspection and measure the distance between the two doors and the size of the door opening space. In order to resolve the dispute, the judge combined his own life experience and suggested that Chen replace the existing single door with a \”child-mother door\”. After hearing this, the plaintiff and defendant were confused and did not understand what a \”child-mother door\” was, so the judge found out the relevant The picture explains to both parties that the design of the \”two-and-a-half door\” can not only meet Chen\’s need to open the door from outside, but also reduce the space occupied by Yu\’s entrance walkway when Chen opens the door.

After listening to the judge’s detailed introduction, both parties expressed that they could consider it, and the judge persuaded both parties to put themselves in their shoes. After the judge\’s rational and emotional persuasion, both parties agreed to this approach. Under the auspices of the court, a mediation agreement was signed.

Cai Li, Wanxi Daily Financial Media Reporter Chu Yong