Man forges promissory note to "trap" ex-wife, Zhiming lawyer skillfully exposes and overturns unjust case.
On January 12, 2016, Li Meng appeared in court as a defendant, on the grounds that during her marriage to her ex-husband Li Fuchun, he had borrowed 447,000 RMB from his former girlfriend Liu Qianying (of which 207,000 RMB was later repaid). In May 2016, Li Meng and Li Fuchun divorced. After Liu Qianying's attempts to recover the debt failed, she took both Li Meng and her ex-husband to court, demanding that Li Meng bear joint liability for repayment. The first-instance judgment ruled that Li Meng and her ex-husband Li Fuchun should jointly bear the debt repayment responsibility. Faced with this sudden huge debt, Li Meng felt deeply wronged. When she was in despair, she sought help from the Zhiming lawyer team at Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm, and strongly felt the hope of having her grievance redressed. She then entrusted the Zhiming lawyer team with full confidence to assist in filing a second-instance appeal.
Attorney Zhiming, through a careful review of the case, astutely discovered that Li Fuchun and Liu Qianying were suspected of maliciously colluding to fabricate the disputed loan debt. During the second instance trial, Attorney Zhiming engaged in intense debate with opposing counsel, demonstrating that the signature date on the promissory note submitted by Liu Qianying was inconsistent with the actual time the debt was incurred. Faced with overwhelming facts and evidence, the opposing party was compelled to admit that the promissory note had been backdated and signed in 2014, after Li Meng and Li Fuchun's divorce. Ultimately, the court ruled to revoke Li Meng's joint liability for repayment. Thanks to the efforts of Attorney Zhiming and his assistant attorneys, who demonstrated exceptional skill and professional dedication, this case involving suspected fraud achieved a complete victory, relieving Li Meng of the debt, preventing the client from falling victim to a wrongful case, and upholding the fairness of the law. (To protect the reputation of the parties involved, all names above are pseudonyms.)
