Is it legal for parents to force their children to get married?

Legal analysis: it is illegal for parents to force their children to get married, and it is also likely to be suspected of violent interference with freedom of marriage. Our country's laws stipulate freedom of marriage, and no one can interfere. Anyone suspected of violently interfering with the freedom of marriage will be subject to criminal punishment, that is, those who violently interfere with the freedom of marriage of others will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention.

Legal basis: Article 1042 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Arranging, buying and selling marriages and other acts that interfere with the freedom of marriage are prohibited. It is forbidden to ask for property through marriage.

Article 1046

Marriage should be completely voluntary by both men and women, and it is forbidden for either party to force the other, and no organization or individual may interfere.