Family Legal Consultation | Securing Dismissal of a Lawsuit Against the Spouse's Affair Partner Through Legal Consultation

The client who sought the assistance of a family attorney through a family legal consultation was in a situation in which a man's spouse had filed a lawsuit claiming damages against the spouse's affair partner.

The client had maintained contact for a certain period with a man she had come to know through an acquaintance, but had not expected that the relationship would escalate into a legal dispute.

In particular, the client was unaware that the man was married.

Subsequently, the man's spouse filed a lawsuit claiming damages, alleging that the client had infringed upon the marital relationship, and the client was placed in a situation requiring a response as the defendant in a lawsuit against the spouse's affair partner.

Feeling the need to review the overall structure of the dispute, the client entrusted the case through a family legal consultation.

During the family legal consultation, the divorce specialist attorney organized the issue structure of the lawsuit against the spouse's affair partner based on the overall flow of the case and prepared a response strategy.

As a result of proceeding with the case through the family legal consultation, the court dismissed all of the plaintiff's claims for damages.

The court determined that the submitted materials alone made it difficult to establish an affair and that objective evidence to prove it was lacking.

The court also determined that it was difficult to find that the client had been aware of the man's marriage.

Accordingly, all of the plaintiff's claims were dismissed and the litigation costs were also borne entirely by the plaintiff, and the client was able to conclude the case without any obligation to pay consolation money and without bearing an economic or legal burden.

If you are in a situation requiring a response to a lawsuit against the spouse's affair partner, you may need to comprehensively review not only the affair case but also the family disputes as a whole that may arise from it.

In a divorce dispute, it is important to clearly organize the facts and legal issues at the consultation stage and to design a strategy.

The divorce specialist attorneys of Daeryun Law Firm comprehensively review the client's situation, analyze the overall flow of the case, and provide systematic assistance to prevent the unnecessary expansion of the dispute.

Daeryun, the ninth-ranked law firm in the Republic of Korea (based on 2025 National Tax Service value-added tax filings), provides tailored legal services.

If you need a family legal consultation, 🔗please reserve a legal consultation with a family attorney to confirm a response direction suited to your current situation.