[Favorable Judgment in a Lawsuit Against the Adulterous Partner] Won the Lawsuit Against the Adulterous Partner and Successfully Claimed Substantial Consolation Money

The client in this case had enjoyed thirty-six years of a harmonious marriage, but the defendant's wife came to the client's home and revealed the spouse's infidelity, and the marriage began to fracture.

The client repeatedly asked the defendant to stop meeting, but the defendant ignored this and continued to attempt contact.

Even after the client blocked the defendant's number and refused contact, the defendant tried to continue the relationship by calling from a different number.

Suffering emotional distress as a result, the client requested the assistance of an attorney at Daeryun Law Firm in order to file a lawsuit against the adulterous partner.

[Lawsuit Against the Spouse's Affair Partner]

Where a Third Party Bears Responsibility for the Breakdown of the Marriage

This may include cases where a parent-in-law, a concubine, or a spouse's adultery partner unduly interferes in the marriage and causes it to break down, or cases where a person is subjected to assault, abuse, or insult by a parent-in-law to a degree that makes continuing the marriage unduly harsh.

[Supreme Court, Feb. 27, 2004, 2003Meu1890, and other rulings]

Points to Note in a Consolation Money Lawsuit Against the Affair Partner

Where the marital relationship has broken down through discord and a long period of separation so that the substance of married life no longer exists and has reached a point that is objectively beyond recovery, the other spouse cannot claim damages from a third party even if the third party engaged in an affair with one of the spouses thereafter.

[Supreme Court, Feb. 27, 2004, 2003Meu1890, and other rulings]

Consolation money may be claimed from an affair partner who bears responsibility for the breakdown of the marriage, but the following cases fall outside that scope.

1. Where the affair partner could not have known that the client's spouse was married

2. Where the marital relationship had in substance already ended before the affair took place

In the lawsuit against the adulterous partner, Daeryun Law Firm emphasized that the client's harmonious married life had been infringed upon by the defendant.

The client emphasized that, even though the client had made efforts to sever the relationship, such as blocking the defendant's number, the defendant continued to try to maintain contact.

The attorney emphasized that the defendant's infidelity caused the client severe emotional distress to the point that daily life was no longer possible.

The court accepted the position of Daeryun Law Firm and rendered the judgment that ‘the defendant shall pay the plaintiff 12,000,000 won in consolation money and delay damages.’

Through the lawsuit against the adulterous partner, the client was thus able to claim consolation money from the adulterous partner.

In a lawsuit against the adulterous partner, proving that infidelity occurred is important for claiming consolation money.

It is therefore advisable to pursue a damages lawsuit with the assistance of an experienced attorney.

At Daeryun Law Firm, attorneys with experience in a wide range of damages lawsuits establish practical strategies tailored to each client's case and assist the client.

If you are suffering and feel at a loss in a situation similar to the one above, you may entrust your lawsuit against the adulterous partner to Daeryun Law Firm.