YOON&YANG
Among all areas of law, family law has seen the most remarkable developments in statutes and precedents. Evolving in tandem with the trends of today—gender equality, reduction in family size, and spread of divorce—these developments are widely considered to be revolutionary, including the repeal of the head of household system, introduction of the property division system, equalization of male and female inheritance ratios, introduction of contributory system, introduction of adult guardianship, and consent requirement for minor adoption. In order to respond to these legal transitions as well as client needs, Yoon & Yang’s Litigation/Arbitration Practice consists of attorneys who not only specialize in family law, but also accumulated a wealth of hands-on experience in trials. The Practice leverages its depth of expertise to provide robust legal services across the entire spectrum of family law, including divorce, inheritance, family law litigation and advice, family business succession, and wealth management.

Key Services

  • Divorce and property division
  • Caregiver and legal custodian designation
  • Change of caregiver/legal custodian and request for infant delivery
  • Biological parental confirmation and recognition
  • Adoption and wavier of adoption
  • Will, limited guardianship, and adult guardianship
  • Inheritance-related disputes, such as inheritance property division, and return of the legal reserve of inheritance
  • Various family relations registration cases and other non-contentious family cases, such as change of names, and family law mediation
  • Family business succession
  • Wealth management

Representative Cases

  • Litigation on an inheritance of a domestic chaebol family exceeding KRW 1 trillion
  • Litigation on a division of inheritance property worth KRW 200 billion in total, including the shares of five corporations
  • Litigation claiming a legal reserve of inheritance worth around KRW 6 billion among the family members of a deceased chairperson of an SME
  • Litigation on a divorce and property division of the head of a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam who owns tens of billions of Korean won in total assets
  • Multiple legal advice related to a property division for the chairperson of a company
  • Litigation seeking for a confirmation of the annulment of marriage of the chairperson of Company K
  • Case on a divorce and designation of caregiver of the family of the chairperson of Company D
  • Adult guardianship case of the President of School Foundation K