Court dismisses mother-in-law’s lawsuit to reverse property transfer after daughter-in-law filed for divorce

Court Dismisses Mother In Law's Lawsuit To Reverse Property Transfer After Daughter In Law Filed For Divorce

Suwon District Court / Korea Times file

Suwon District Court docket / Korea Instances file

A mother-in-law who sued to nullify the switch of two homes to her daughter-in-law after she filed for divorce misplaced in an appeals courtroom trial.

In line with authorized sources, Monday, the Suwon District Court docket’s Civil Division 4-3 overturned the preliminary ruling that had favored the mother-in-law, dismissing her declare towards her daughter-in-law.

In 2021, the mother-in-law transferred the possession of two multifamily housing models to her daughter-in-law, one as a present and the opposite by a gross sales transaction. Nonetheless, quickly after, tensions arose when the daughter-in-law, suspecting her husband of infidelity, confirmed the affair and knowledgeable her in-laws of her intent to divorce. After the property switch was accomplished, she lived individually from her husband and filed for divorce roughly six months later.

Within the first trial, the courtroom dominated in favor of the mother-in-law, stating, “The plaintiff was unaware that the defendant supposed to file for divorce after buying possession of the properties. It seems that the mother-in-law handed over the mandatory paperwork, together with her seal certificates and seal stamp, underneath the assumption that the daughter-in-law would preserve her marriage. Had she recognized of the daughter-in-law’s divorce plans, she wouldn’t have offered the paperwork.”

Nonetheless, the appeals courtroom dominated otherwise. The judges discovered no proof that the daughter-in-law had deceived her or that the mother-in-law, being aged, lacked the psychological capability to make the choice.

“The mother-in-law’s declare that she was unaware of the daughter-in-law’s intent to file for divorce and that she anticipated the daughter-in-law to proceed the wedding is merely a subjective assumption,” the ruling acknowledged. “Based mostly on these factors, there’s inadequate proof to conclude that the property switch was invalid as a result of a scarcity of consent from the mother-in-law.”

This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Instances, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Instances.

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