Emotional Child Abuse | Daeryun Obtains a Restraining Order Against a Perpetrator of Emotional Child Abuse

Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Crimes of Domestic Violence, Article 55-2 (Victim Protection Orders, etc.)

(1) When a judge finds it necessary for the protection of the victim, the judge may, upon the request of the victim, the victim's statutory agent, or the prosecutor, issue by decision a victim protection order against the domestic violence offender falling under any of the following subparagraphs.

1. Removal from, and separation from, the residence or occupied room of the victim or a family member

2. Prohibition of approach within 100 meters of the victim or a family member, or their residence, workplace, or similar location

3. Prohibition of approach to the victim or a family member through telecommunications under Article 2, subparagraph 1 of the Telecommunications Business Act

4. Restriction on the exercise of parental authority over the victim by the domestic violence offender who holds parental authority

5. Restriction on the exercise of the visitation right over the victim by the domestic violence offender

On the day the disturbance involving a weapon occurred, the wife was heavily intoxicated.

As was always the case, it began with verbal abuse. For some reason, the wife appeared more agitated than usual.

The client went into a room in an attempt to avoid the situation for the moment, but the wife's conduct became even more aggressive.

She eventually went so far as to take out a weapon.

Greatly alarmed, the client went out the front door in order to evacuate together with the children.

Undeterred, the wife even chased him outside. All of these scenes were captured on the CCTV at the residence.

The attorneys of Daeryun who handled this emotional child abuse case emphasized this point.

The wife's verbal abuse and assaults had continued for several years.

Even after receiving a protective disposition from the court, the wife did not try to correct her conduct.

Instead, the wife became greatly angered by the fact of this protective disposition and would pressure the client.

The client could not help but feel despair at his wife's behavior.

There was a high possibility that the wife's emotional child abuse could begin again at any time.

The attorneys of Daeryun referred to this situation and requested the separation of the wife from the client and the children.

The ones experiencing the greatest distress were the children themselves.

Having been exposed to the wife's verbal abuse for several years, the children were in a very unstable psychological state.

Feeling fear in the unstable situation, the children even bit their nails or lips each time.

The client could no longer leave the children in this environment of emotional child abuse.

The attorneys of Daeryun emphasized this point and argued that exceptional measures, such as separation, were necessary.