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Divorce Alimony for Infidelity | Helping the Client Obtain 20 Million Won in Divorce Alimony for Infidelity
This is the account of the client who sought an attorney's assistance regarding divorce alimony for infidelity. The client explained that, following the wife's infidelity, they would divorce and claim alimony, and the attorney succeeded in the claim.
1. The Client Seeking to Claim Divorce Alimony for Infidelity
This is the account of the client who sought an attorney's assistance, saying that the client would claim divorce alimony for infidelity.
The client first met his beloved wife through a friend's introduction and began the relationship after the client confessed his feelings, he explained.
Afterward, the client and the wife grew their love, and the wife became pregnant, so with a loving heart to become a family, they registered their marriage and had a child.
One day, several years later, the wife asked the client to use separate rooms.
The client felt hurt, but judging that the wife was struggling due to childcare, he accepted the request.
However, the client came to overhear the wife talking on the phone with some men alone in the room with the door locked.
The wife also lied to the client, saying that she would stay out overnight with a friend, and spent time meeting other men.
Even after learning of the wife's infidelity in this way, the client waited with a loving heart only for her to return, but the wife eventually left home to meet another man.
Unable to endure any longer, the client requested help to claim divorce alimony for infidelity, to divorce the wife who had been unfaithful, and to receive alimony.
2. What Is Divorce Alimony for Infidelity
Divorce alimony for infidelity refers to the consolation money claimed when a divorce results from a spouse's infidelity.
Consolation money refers to the monetary compensation for the loss caused by a tort,
so divorce alimony for infidelity refers to the compensation for the emotional harm suffered as a result of a spouse's infidelity.
Infidelity🔗divorce consolation money is generally paid within a range of 10 million won to 30 million won.
How to Claim Divorce Alimony for Infidelity
To claim divorce alimony for infidelity, you must file a divorce lawsuit or a claim for damages.
You may file a divorce lawsuit under the 🔗judicial divorce procedure and claim consolation money together with it, or you may file a claim for damages to seek divorce alimony for infidelity.
Whichever method you follow, you must prove through clear supporting evidence that you suffered harm as a result of your spouse's infidelity,
and because difficulties can arise in this process, we recommend coming to our firm, which can collaborate with an evidence examination and digital forensics group, to seek assistance with a claim for divorce alimony for infidelity.
3. The Attorney Who Assisted With a Claim for Divorce Alimony for Infidelity
The attorney provided the following assistance so that the client could receive divorce alimony for infidelity.
Grounds for the Claim for Divorce Alimony for Infidelity
The client's wife had engaged in adultery with several men and even left home in order to do so.
The client nonetheless endured, raising their child in order to preserve the family, but the wife has not returned home.
Because the wife's conduct brought the client's marital relationship to a breakdown, the responsibility for the breakdown of the marriage lies with the wife.
Because the client suffered severe emotional distress as a result of the wife's adultery, the wife has an obligation to provide consolation for this, at least in monetary terms.
Grounds for the Claim for Divorce Alimony for Infidelity and Child Support
After the wife left home, the client raised the child alone and bore all of the child support expenses on his own.
Accordingly, the wife has an obligation to pay all of the past child support that she has not paid until now.
In addition, she will be required to pay child support of 500,000 won per month for the child going forward.
4. Result of the Claim for Divorce Alimony for Infidelity

As a result of the attorney's assistance for the client in the claim for divorce alimony for infidelity, the court issued a judgment ordering the wife to pay the client 20 million won in divorce alimony for infidelity and 8 million won in past child support, and to pay child support of 500,000 won per month until the child reaches the age of majority.
The wife filed an appeal against this judgment, but the attorney actively defended the case, and all of the contents of the wife's appeal were dismissed.
With the attorney's assistance, the client was able to recover the divorce alimony for infidelity, the past and future child support, and all of the costs incurred in this lawsuit.
As with the client in this case, if you learn of a spouse's infidelity, responding carelessly out of anger can move the outcome away from what you want.
To claim divorce alimony for infidelity, we recommend obtaining a 🔗attorney referral and responding through legal means.
Our team of attorneys, who have extensive experience in divorce and related cases, will prepare a strategy suited to the client's case and provide assistance.

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