Stealing parents' money doesn't have to be punished, it depends on the specific situation. Parents belong to the category of close relatives. Children who steal their parents' money are usually small, and parents usually choose not to report the case and will not be sentenced at this time; However, if a large amount of theft constitutes a crime and parents report it, they will be sentenced at this time. So stealing money from parents doesn't have to be punished.
How much money to steal constitutes a crime.
Not more than three years of fixed-term imprisonment, criminal detention or control.
Whoever steals public or private property in a relatively large amount, or repeatedly steals, enters a house, carries a murder weapon or pickpockets, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined. (revised according to the Criminal Law Amendment (VIII)).
The so-called "large amount", according to the explanation, refers to personal theft of public and private property, the value of RMB 1000 yuan to more than 3000 yuan. Stealing special invoices for value-added tax or other invoices that can be used to defraud export tax rebates and deduct taxes, the starting point for a large amount is 25 copies. In addition, according to paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the Interpretation, those who steal national third-class cultural relics shall also be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined. To impose a fine, according to the provisions of Article 7 of the Interpretation, a fine of less than 2 times the theft amount shall be imposed 1000 yuan; Criminals who should be fined according to law, but have no theft amount or cannot calculate the theft amount, shall be fined 1000 yuan or more 1000 yuan or less (the same below).
More than 3 years 10 years imprisonment.
Whoever commits this crime, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years 10 years and fined.
The so-called serious circumstances refer to the huge amount or other serious circumstances. The so-called huge amount, according to the explanation, refers to the value of personal theft of public and private property ranging from 30 thousand yuan to 65438+ 10 thousand yuan. Stealing special invoices for value-added tax or other invoices that can be used to defraud export tax rebates and deduct taxes, the starting point for a huge amount is 250 copies. Other serious circumstances refer to other serious circumstances except huge amount. According to the third item of Article 6 of the Interpretation, if the amount of theft reaches the starting point of "a large amount", it can be considered as "other serious circumstances" in any of the following circumstances: (1) the ringleader of a criminal group or the principal with serious circumstances in the same crime; (2) Theft of financial institutions; (three) the crime of escape is seriously harmful; (4) recidivism; (5) Causing the victim's death, mental disorder or other serious consequences; (six) theft of disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood control, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration, relief, medical funds and materials, resulting in serious consequences; Stealing the means of production once, which seriously affects production; (8) Causing other heavy losses. In addition, according to the provisions of Article 9 (l) of the Interpretation, those who steal national second-class cultural relics should also be sentenced to a maximum of three years 10 years in prison and fined.
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Whoever commits this crime, if the circumstances are especially serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
If the circumstances are particularly serious, it means that the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances. According to the explanation, the so-called "huge amount" refers to the theft of public and private property by individuals, the value of which is more than 300 thousand yuan to less than 500 thousand yuan. Stealing special invoices for value-added tax or other invoices that can be used to defraud export tax rebates or deduct taxes, the amount is particularly huge, starting at 2500 copies, and other particularly serious circumstances refer to other particularly serious circumstances except for the extremely large amount. According to the third paragraph of Article 6 of the Interpretation, if the amount of theft reaches the starting point of "huge amount" and has one of the following circumstances, it can be considered as "other particularly serious circumstances": (1) the ringleader of a criminal group or *. (2) Theft of financial institutions; (three) the crime of escape is seriously harmful; (4) recidivism; (5) Causing the victim's death, mental disorder or other serious consequences; (6) stealing funds and materials for disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood control, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration, relief and medical care, with serious consequences: (7) stealing means of production, which seriously affects production; (8) Causing other heavy losses.
Require the amount of stolen money to reach the standard of large amount stipulated by law, otherwise it cannot be considered as a crime. However, it should also be taken into account that because the eighth amendment to the Criminal Law has amended the crime of theft, there is no need to consider the specific amount of crime for some special theft behaviors, such as burglary, pickpocketing, theft with weapons, etc.
I hope the above content can help you. If in doubt, please consult a professional lawyer.
Legal basis:
Article 264 of the Criminal Law: Whoever steals public or private property in a relatively large amount, or commits theft, burglary, armed theft or pickpocketing repeatedly, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.