Economic Consequences of Divorce in Korea

Hyunjin Kim, Ph. D. (2011), Seoul National University, is Professor at Inha University School of Law, in South Korea. She has published monographs and many articles on Korean Civil Law, including A Study on Security interest over movables and receivables (Kyoungin Munhwasa, 2013).

Chapter I Introduction;
Chapter II Korean Customs and Laws on Divorce Revisited
I. Overview;
II. The Influence of Confucianism in Chosŏn Dynasty;
III. The Influence of the Japanese Colonization;
IV. Korean Civil Code of 1958;
V. Amendments to Korean Family Laws in Korean Civil Code;
VI. Significant Family Law Rulings;
Chapter III Procedures and Grounds for Divorce
I. Overview;
II. Consensual Divorce: Freedom to Divorce;
III. Judicial Divorce: Grounds for Judicial Divorce;
IV. Judicial Divorce: Fault based and No-fault Divorce;
V. Conclusions;
Chapter IV Marital Property Settlement upon Divorce
I. Overview;
I. Management of Marital Property;
II. Division of Marital Property;
IV. Pain and Suffering Damages;
V. Conclusion;
Chapter V Effect of divorce on Child
I. Overview;
II. Custodian and Visitation Right;
III. Child Support Calculation Guidelines;
IV. Enforcement of Child Support Obligations;
V. Child Support Agency;
VI. Conclusion and Policy Implication;
Chapter VI Conclusion;
Lists of References.