Suit for Confirmation of Non-Existence of a Parent-Child Relationship | Correcting a False Birth Registration and Obtaining Granting of Confirmation of Non-Existence of the Parent-Child Relationship

The client who requested a consultation regarding a suit for confirmation of non-existence of a parent-child relationship, a long time after her remarriage, belatedly learned that an unfamiliar child had been entered in her family relationship register without her consent.

The client had been entirely unaware that the other party had, without her consent, registered the births of his children from a former marriage with the client listed as their biological mother.

Later, after receiving a creditor's notice of assignment and becoming suspicious, she obtained a family relationship certificate, and in that process she confirmed for the first time that the defendant was registered as the client's child and that the client was listed as the defendant's biological mother.

As the false entry was maintained over a long period, the client suffered psychological distress and anxiety, and she resolved to file a lawsuit to correct the family relationship register entry before it was too late.

A suit for confirmation of non-existence of a parent-child relationship is not sufficient on assertion alone, and requires the circumstances of the facts, objective evidence, and procedural consistency together.

The firm's family law specialist attorney organized this case in the following order.

1. Organizing the Circumstances of the False Registration and the Written Strategy

First, centering on the point that the plaintiff had never been involved in or consented to the birth registration process, the attorney organized the flow of events in chronological order.

The attorney designed the structure of the complaint and the supplementary brief so that 'when, in what manner, and why the entry was made without the plaintiff's knowledge' could be understood by the court at once.

2. Application for an Examination Order and Conduct of Genetic Testing

The plaintiff conducted genetic testing through an application for an examination order.

As a result, she secured a genetic test report showing that the plaintiff was not the defendant's biological mother and submitted it as key evidence to complete the proof structure.

3. Proof of the Benefit of Confirmation and Procedural Management

The plaintiff experienced real confusion, such as creditor notices, due to the false parent-child relationship entry.

On this basis, the family law specialist attorney made clear that the plaintiff had a legal interest in seeking confirmation of the non-existence of the parent-child relationship in order to correct the family relationship register.

The attorney also managed the progress of the case so that the procedure would not be interrupted, handling responses to correction orders, extensions of the correction deadline, and submission of the supplementary brief.