The husband who tried to break the no-kids agreement… Wife asked for divorce: “Let’s share property and debt”

Husband suggested childbirth, “You should do what everyone else is doing”
Finally divorced… Claims that “300 million in debt must be borne together”
Lawyer “Each person must bear their own living expenses… It is not joint property of the couple.”

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The story of a woman who ended up getting divorced because her husband, who had promised to live as a DINK (double-income childless family), insisted on having a child, was revealed.

On the 14th, YTN’s ‘Attorney Jo In-seop’s Counseling Center’ revealed the story of Mr. A, who got married after agreeing not to have children, but is filing for divorce due to her husband’s changed attitude. According to the content, Ms. A met her husband several years ago through an introduction by her boss. The two quickly became close through common denominators, such as being from the Dink family and liking reading, and ended up getting married. Since Ms. A and her husband did not have children, they were able to focus more on their work even after marriage. They also managed their own salaries, and shared expenses such as food, utility bills, and housing expenses by putting 1 million won a month into a common bank account.

However, due to an unexpected problem, the relationship between the two became strained. When the couple’s favorite novelist did not win the Nobel Prize in Literature, the husband said, “I think the author has a narrow view of the world because he has no children.” Then, my husband suggested that we have a child, saying, “Shouldn’t we do what everyone else is doing?” Since Ms. A had agreed to live as a Dink and got married, she argued with her husband several times over this issue and eventually requested a divorce. When the negotiations did not go smoothly, she filed a divorce suit against her husband, and in the process, the husband argued that “the 300 million won in loan debt incurred during marriage should be included in the marital property.”

In response, Attorney Jeong Doo-ri said, “In principle, debts other than those related to daily household chores are personal debts and are not subject to liquidation, but debts incurred in connection with the formation or maintenance of joint property are subject to liquidation.” “If you create a negative account and incur debt during the marriage period to cover joint living expenses or child support expenses, or if you take out a lease loan to purchase an apartment to live in with your spouse, it is property subject to division,” he explained. He continued, “In the case of Mr. A, each person paid joint living expenses in the same proportion and each managed each other’s salary, so the debt of 300 million won cannot be considered a debt incurred in connection with the formation and maintenance of marital property.”

In addition, “If the spouse claims that debt was incurred due to sharing joint living expenses, Mr. A must submit the account details for which half of the living expenses were paid, as well as transfer details such as subscriptions, insurance premiums, monthly rent, etc., and card use details,” he said. “We must request an inquiry into the deposit transaction details and reveal which account the 300 million won was deposited into and under what reason it was spent,” he added.

Intern reporter Jeong Ye-won ywjung@asiae.co.kr